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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOrdinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, U.S. Constitution, History-Social ScienceThis lesson, from EDSITEment, focuses on the individual men and women who embraced Martin Luther King, Jr.'s message of nonviole...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCapturing History
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Geography, Visual ArtsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students study the political and economic reasons for the African-Americ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the "Little Rock Nine" and the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkans...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBillie Holiday Is Born
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Music, Visual ArtsThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life and work of jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday. A classroom activity is featu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Nation of Immigrants: Latino Stories
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this online reference page from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American history, students can read the stories of immig...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChicago's Black Metropolis: Understanding History through a Historic Place
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceChicago's Black Metropolis: Understanding History through a Historic Place is a curriculum-oriented site concentrating on the ar...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Canterbury to Little Rock: The Struggle for Educational Equality for African Americans
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, The Civil Rights MovementFrom Canterbury to Little Rock: The Struggle for Educational Equality for African Americans highlights two historic places and t...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAncestors in the Americas
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Immigration and MigrationAncestors in the Americas is a companion website for the PBS series by the same name and explores the history and stories of Asi...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWomen of the West Museum: This Shall be the Land for Women - Timeline
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Electives, American Democracy, SociologyThis Web page is part of a virtual exhibition entitled This Shall be the Land for Women: The Struggle for Western Women s Suffr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkModern Era: Sunday Bloody Sunday
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Electives, PsychologyThis Web page, part of the Jump Back in Time section of the America s Story Web site, describes the 1965 march from Selma to M...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Civil Rights Era
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, documents the lives of African Americans during the Civil Rights...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWe Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
Grades: 4, 12Subjects: Electives, History-Social Science, Geography, Psychology, American DemocracyThis resource, from the National Park Service, offers a virtual tour of historic places related to the modern civil rights movem...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkResources for Teaching American History: Civil Rights
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceMultimedia site includes teacher-selected primary sources, a video on Medgar Evers, elementary-school lessons on Rosa Parks and ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"Reel" Moments in Black History
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis Web page, from CNN, features links to a series of video clips that depict four important events in black history. Clips inc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBehind the Scenes of the March on Washington
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: United States History, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsThis resource, from National Public Radio, features information on Martin Luther King Jr. s legendary I Have a Dream Speech an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNative American Citizenship
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis 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 / HyperLinkCentral High 40th Anniversary Web Site
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis Web site, from Centralhigh57.org, commemorates the 40th anniversary of one of America s most important civil rights events-...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRights-Minded: Investigating the Lives of People Who Influenced the Civil Rights Movement
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, American DemocracyIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students expand their knowledge and understanding of the Civil Rights ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRevisiting 'Separate but Equal': Examining School Segregation 45 Years After Brown v. Board of Education
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, American DemocracyIn this two-day lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the struggle for desegregation during the Civ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0