Lesson 4: Civil Rights Movement
Duration of Days: 10
Lesson Objective
SWBAT identify and evaluate the key events of the Civil Rights Movement. They will also be challenged to evaluate the successes and failures of a variety of approaches used in the quest for political and social equality for African Americans.
What are the patterns and approaches to achieving equitable rights?
Civil Rights
Boycott
Protest
nonviolence
civil disobedience
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Martin Luther King
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Black Power
INQ 9–12.1, INQ 9–12.2, INQ 9–12.3, INQ 9–12.5, INQ 9–12.7, INQ 9–12.8, INQ 9–12.9, INQ 9–12.10, INQ 9–12.11, INQ 9–12.13, INQ 9–12.14, HIST 9–12.1, HIST 9–12.2, HIST 9–12.3, HIST 9–12.4, HIST 9–12.6
The purpose of this lesson is to have students determine what made the Civil Rights movement a success, while evaluating where those successes fell short.
DOK 3-4
At the most basic level, students will be able to identify the chronology of events that led to political acceptance of equality for African Americans. Students should also be able to identify the failures of the Civil Rights movement and describe how those failures and successes have become part of the fabric of the present day.