About CTAH Meet the CTAH Staff Links and Connections Contact the CTAH CTAH home page

 



Certificate Program

Graduate Program

Student Projects

Summer Workshops
Slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction
A Revolution, A Constitution, A Nation
Civil Rights Movement
Social and Political Change in the 19th Century
The U.S. and the World in the 20th Century

Teacher Projects

After-School Workshops

Book Reading Group

Special Events
 

Key People, Events, and Groups
of the American Civil Rights Movement

Theresa Brozovic
Union Endicott High School



[Printer-Friendly Version]


Grade Level: 11th

Time Allotment: Two weeks

Overview: Students will be studying the roles that both individuals and groups played in the struggle to achieve civil and human rights from immediately after the Civil War until the late 1960s. Students will also study the key events of the movement. Students in groups of two will us a teacher-created web page on the Civil Rights movement to design poster-board illustrations and PowerPoint presentations on an event, person, or group associated with the Civil Rights movement. After researching their topic, they will present their findings to the class supported by a one-page handout with key information summarizing their topic.

Subject Matter: After studying the Jim Crow Era, students will focus topically on the African American Civil Rights movement in the United States. They will look at life in a violent, segregated, and racial United States. They will understand the differences of opinion on and tactics used by major civil rights leaders and groups in their efforts to promote equality in the United States. Students will see the different events associated with the movement and whether or not these helped to bring about governmental change for African-Americans. Student will focus on those who helped bring about change and those who tried to impede it.

Learning Objectives: Students will work in groups of two to create a visual illustration of on the of the following: an event, person, or group associated with the Civil Rights movement. They will investigate one of the following and explain their findings to their classmates using a PowerPoint presentation:

Person/Individual
  1. How was this person involved with the Civil Rights movement?
  2. When was this person involved with the movement?
  3. What was their opinion/philosophy as to the best way to achieve equality in the United States?
  4. What were some of the events this individual was associated with or what events did this individual help bring about?
  5. How successful was this individual in bringing about change?
  6. What were some of the obstacles this person had to overcome in his/her struggle?
Individuals can include, but are not limited to: W. E. B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, A. Philip Randolph, Ida Wells Barnett, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Emmett Till,James Meredith, James Farmer, Elizabeth Eckford, Fannie Lou Hamer, Langston Hughes, and Malcolm X.

Groups
  1. How was this group involved in the Civil Rights movement?
  2. When were they involved in the movement?
  3. What was their philosophy as to the best way to achieve equality in the United States?
  4. What were some of the events this group was associated with or what events did this group help to bring about?
  5. How successful was this group in bringing about change?
  6. What were some of the obstacles this group had to overcome in its struggle?
Groups can include but are not limited to: ACLU, AUAA, Black Panther Party, NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, Black Muslims, Black Baseball's Negro Baseball Leagues, and the KKK. Events
  1. When did this event occur?
  2. Describe the event. What was the reaction of white segregationists, the government, and other civil rights leaders?
  3. How was it associated with the Civil Rights movement?
  4. What was this particular event trying to achieve?
  5. Name key figures and individuals associated with this event.
  6. Did it achieve that goal?
Events can include, but are not limited to: The Harlem Renaissance, Jim Crow Era, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Little-Rock Arkansas, Greensboro Sit-Ins, March on Washington, Selma March, Birmingham, Freedom Rides, Long Hot Summers, and Urban Race Riots.

New York State Standards:
  • Social Studies Standard 1: History of the U. S. and New York
  • Social Studies Standard 2: World History
  • Social Studies Standard 3: Geography
  • Social Studies Standard 4: Economics
  • Social Studies Standard 5: Civics, Citizenship, and Government


  • Overview of Project
  • Resources for Teachers
  • Materials for Students
  • Grading Rubric

    Certificate Program | Graduate Courses | Special Events

    Summer Workshops | After-School Workshops

    About Us | Staff | Links | Contact Us | Home

    		•