Grade Level(s):  7, 8, 9

Subject(s):       Social Studies
                       Science
                       Vocational/Technical

Learner Outcomes:
1.   The Students will explain the events of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
2.    Students will list the consequences of the court case, Brown V. the Board of Education, the March on Washington, and the Central High School Event.
3.    Students will construct a table detailing the events that took place before and during the Civil Rights Movement.

Duration of Lesson:  1-2  50 minute periods

Materials:

• Semantic web
• Computer
• Microsoft Word
• Video-"A Time for Justice"
• Internet access
• Basket
• Blank paper
• Pen or pencil

Technology Tools/Courseware:   Computer, Microsoft Word, TV, VCR, Video, Internet access

Teacher Notes:
Arrange classroom display of pictures of important Civil Rights activists, pictures of the March on Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, and other items that are linked to civil rights.

On opposite ends of the classroom, place banners that represent "Whites Only" and "Blacks Only".

Help the students prepare themselves for being segregated.  Make a list of questions, comments, and concerns made by the students.

Students will simulate a day in the lives of Caucasians and African Americans in the late 1950's.  Students will be segregated from each other based on some aspect of their clothing, hair, color, etc., and will be asked to imagine how segregation might have felt during the Civil Rights Movement.

Using a semantic web discuss the important events that occurred before and during the Civil Rights Movement.  The events to be discussed include the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Brown vs. the Board of Education, the March on Washington, and Central High school.
 

Procedures:
1.    Explain that there are many different events associated with the Civil Rights Movement but the class is only going to go over four of these events. (Teacher notes on Events)
2.    Introduce the main idea using the semantic web: Events that took place before and during the Civil Rights Movement. (Answer key)
3.    Discuss the case of Brown v. the Board of Education.
4.    Discuss Rosa Parks and the effects she had on the Civil Rights Movement.
5.    Discuss the Central High School Event.
6.    Discuss the March on Washington.
7.    Go back over the semantic web having the students recall the facts.
8.    Have the students construct a table (4 x 5) in Microsoft Word with the important facts from each event.
9.    Show the video segment from "A Time for Justice" on important events during the Civil Rights Movement.
 

Modifications:

Students with special needs will be assisted by a Special Education teacher or aide.  Modifications to lesson plan will be made according to students in each class.

Enrichment Activities:
 

• Students will be given a worksheet on famous African Americans and their contributions to society.

• African American Inventor research

1. Choose several African American Inventors
2. Write their names on small strips of paper.
3. Place inventors names in a basket.
4. Each student draws a name.
5. Research the net to find answers to worksheet.

• Students will write a one paragraph (between 5-10 sentences each) summary on each of the important events, discussed in class, before and during the Civil Rights movement.  Students will use Microsoft Word.

• Civil Rights events Game

1.  Place each fact about each important event on a separate index card.  Shuffle the cards.
2.  Divide into 6 groups and pass out 4 cards each.
3.  Display poster and give each group 5 minutes to determine which person each fact relates to.
4.  Starting with group 1, members will attach each fact card under the correct person.
5.  The teacher will remove the incorrect facts and give points for each correct fact.
6.  Repeat with all groups.
7.  Mix up the remaining incorrect fact cards.  Individual students may come up and draw a card and place it under the correct name and win additional points for their group.

Science:    7.5, 7.13, 7.17, 7.19, 7.69, 7.71, 7.75, 7.77, 8.13, 8.17, 8.19, 8.77, 9.5, 9.8
Social Studies:    7.5, 7.45, 7.50, 7.52,  8.4, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.12, 8.50, 8.53, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6, 9.9, 9.14, 9.15, 9.44, 9.45
Computer/Technology:    7.59, 7.60, 7.61, 7.62, 8.59, 8.60, 8.61, 8.63, 9.51, 9.52, 9.53, 9.54

National Standards:
Science:
1.    Know that there is no fixed procedure called "the scientific method," but that investigations involve systematic observations, carefully collected, relevant evidence, logical reasoning, and some imagination in developing hypotheses and explanations.
2.    Uses appropriate tools (including computer hardware and software) and techniques to gather, to analyze, and interpret scientific data.
3.    Establishes relationship based on evidence and logical argument (e.g. provides cause and effect).
Social Studies:
1.    Understands the struggle for racial and gender equality and for the extension of civil liberties.
2.    Understands the development of the civil rights movement (e.g. the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education and its significance in advancing civil rights; the resistance to civil rights in the South between 1954 and 1965; how the "freedom ride," "civil disobedience," and "non-violent resistance" were important to the civil rights movement; Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in the context of major events)
Computer/Technology:
1.  Uses a word processor to edit, copy, move, save, and print text with some formatting (e.g., centering lines, using tabs, forming paragraphs)
2.  Uses menu options and commands

Resources:    "A Time for Justice", Teaching Tolerance, Montgomery, Alabama.

Photo Credits:   www.civilrightsmovement.com

Author(s):        Rodena Belcher
                        Brenda Jackson
                        Francine Windon

School Name:  Eastern Greenbrier Junior High