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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis lesson relates to the Preamble; to Article I, which establishes Congress s power to legislate; to Article II, which establi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDecision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, appeared on March 6, 1857, and announced the U.S. Supreme Cou...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThurgood Marshall was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967.
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..After discussing a statement made by Thurgood Marshall, students consider each piece of the comment and create a K-W-L chart to ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkI Have a Dream Speech
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from TeachingAmericanHistory.org, features the full text of Martin Luther King, Jr. s famous I Have a Dream spe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMartin Luther King, Jr., Papers, Volume I: Called to Serve: January 1929-June 1951
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, Religion, Christianity, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceLearn about Martin Luther King, Jr. s early life through the King Papers Project - a major research effort to assemble and disse...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching With Documents: Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis Web site, from the Digital Classroom, holds numerous records from the National Archives and Records Administration relating...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThurgood Marshall
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis page, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, focuses on significant events in American history and culture associ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentLetter from Birmingham Jail
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis page, from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project Web site, features a famous article written by King. He wrote this f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMalcolm X Official Web Site
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis ReadWriteThink-reviewed Web site is maintained by the Estate of Malcolm X. It includes numerous photos and quotations, a bi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMartin Luther King Wins the Nobel Prize for Peace
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCourt Documents Related to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Memphis Sanitation Workers
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to two clauses in the First Amendment in the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBrown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis resource, from the National Park Service, features information about the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Educ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Need for Change
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis web page, provided by the National Park Service, contains a short history of segregation in 20th-century America. The artic...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis resource, from Scholastic, features information about Rosa Parks and her act of civil disobedience in 1955. Students can re...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNative American Citizenship
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis page, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, focuses on significant events in American history and culture associ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCentral High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, was integrated in 1957.
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.After viewing some footage from the actual event, students jot down thoughts and feelings of the Little Rock Nine. Students then...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students make believe that the year is 1955 and they just heard about Parks' arrest. Students write newspaper editorials with th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMalcolm X entry, from Wikipedia
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, Islam, Religion, History-Social ScienceThis page, provided by Wikipedia, contains extensive background information about Malcolm X s life, quotations, and links to add...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPresident Sees Marshall Take Supreme Court Seat
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a justice of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMississippi Gives Meredith Degree
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how James Meredith became the first African America...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0