Grade Level(s): 7, 8, 9
Subject(s):
Social Studies
Science
Vocational/Technical
Learner Outcomes: 
1. Students will be able to cite the importance
of various organizations in the progression of the Civil Rights Movement
and how they influenced the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
2. Students will be able, to verbally
or in writing, identify specific organizations that were important in the
history of the Civil Rights Movement, such as the NAACP, CORE, as well
as the existence of others.
Duration of Lesson: 1-2 50 minute periods
Materials:
Teacher Notes:
Procedures:
1. Open with a class discussion on students' overall view of the Civil Rights Movement and how it changed society.
2. Discuss the organization's names and acronym and how each one contributed to the Civil Rights Movement.
3. Students will make a table listing the organization name, acronym, and a brief description of what they stand for.
3. Pass out and review the Civil Rights Time Line.
4. Review the unit.
5. Show the video segment from "A Time for Justice" on organizations during the Civil Rights Movement.
6. Give Unit Test.
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:
Develop a powerpoint presentation on the development
of the Civil Rights Movement.
Evaluation/Assessment:
1. Students will take a written teacher made test on the cumulative information given in this unit, excluding the information on day five. (Answer key)
2. Students will write a one-to-two page summary (using Microsoft Word) of the five day unit expressing their likes and dislikes as well as the most valuable and least valuable piece of information they learned.
West Virginia
Instructional Goals and Objectives:
Science: 7.13, 7.15, 7.17, 7.19, 8.13, 8.17,
9.8, 9.10
Social Studies: 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.6, 7.18,
7.30, 7.45, 7.50, 8.4, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.12, 8.18, 8.40, 8.49, 8.50, 8.53,
9.9, 9.10, 9.11, 9.12, 9.15, 9.35, 9.39, 9.42, 9.44, 9.45
Computer/Technology: 7.59, 7.60, 7.61, 7.62,
8.59, 8.60, 8.61, 8.62, 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
| Lesson 1
Prominent Figures |
Lesson 2
Important Acts |
Lesson 3
Important Events |
Lesson 4
Confrontations |
Lesson 5
Organizations |