A Time for Justice

State WV

Status Ready for Users
Stage Public
Subject Science
Social Studies
Vocational/Technical
Author Rodena Belcher
Brenda Jackson
Francine Windon

Eastern Greenbrier Junior High
Description This unit will challenge students to understand the fundamental principles behind the civil rights movement, to identify with the sacrifices that were made, and to reflect on the meaning of individual sacrifice.
The 21st Century Tools Overhead projector
TV
VCR
Computer
Grade Level 7
8
9
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 and techniques to gather, to analyze, and interpret scientific data.
3. Establishes relationship based on evidence and logical argument.
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.
Computer/Technology:
1. Uses a word processor to edit, copy, move, save and print text.
2. Uses menu options and commands


Career Clusters Engineering and Technical
Fine Arts and Humanities
Science and Natural Resources
Keywords civil rights
segregation
equality
confrontation
Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) Lesson 1: Prominent Figures
Lesson 2: Important Acts
Lesson 3: Important Events
Lesson 4: Confrontations
Lesson 5: Organizations
Science IGO or CSO 7.5, 7.13, 7.16, 7.17, 7.19, 7.33, 7.45, 7.48, 7.50, 7.52, 7.54, 7.69, 7.5, 7.7, 8.4, 8.9, 8.10, 8.12, 8.13, 8.16, 8.17, 8.19, 8.23, 8.49, 8.77, 9.2, 9.5, 9.8, 9.9, 9.15, 9.16, 9.30, 9.42, 9.44, 9.45
Social Studies IGO or CSO 7.2, 7.5, 7.19, 7.32, 7.33, 7.45, 7.48, 7.50, 7.52, 8.4, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.12, 8.49, 8.50, 8.53, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6, 9.9, 9.14, 9.15, 9.16, 9.42, 9.44, 9.45
Vo Tech IGO or CSO 7.59, 7.60, 7.61, 7.62, 7.68, 7.78,7.80, 7.83, 7.85, 7.87, 8.59, 8.60, 8.61, 8.62, 8.63, 8.70, 9.51, 9.52, 9.53, 9.54