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Ordinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, U.S. ConstitutionThis lesson, from EDSITEment, focuses on the individual men and women who embraced Martin Luther King, Jr.'s message of nonviole...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Exploring the Power of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Words through Diamante Poetry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore the ways that powerful and passionate words communicate the concepts of fr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Martin Luther King, Jr.
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his contributions to the Civil Rights moveme...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the "Little Rock Nine" and the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkans...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Rosa Parks
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Rosa Parks and her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. A classroom ac...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Thurgood Marshall Is Appointed to the Supreme Court
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States History, U.S. ConstitutionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court Justice. A classroom activity is featur...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education Lesson Plan, Unit 3: An Organized Legal Campaign
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, United States History, U.S. ConstitutionIn this classroom activity from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will create posters that will he...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Voices of Civil Rights
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, The Civil Rights Movement, United States HistoryVoices of Civil Rights documents the civil rights movement in the U.S. Nearly 50 photos, posters, and descriptions depict impor...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Standing Up by Sitting Down: Early Bus Riders for Civil Rights
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, United States HistoryMore than ten years before Rosa Parks sat down on a Birmingham, Alabama, bus and refused to get up, and 15 years before Freedom ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Court Documents Related to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Memphis Sanitation Workers
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, United States HistoryThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to two clauses in the First Amendment in the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Modern Era: A Pillar of Justice
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, United States HistoryThis Web page, part of the Jump Back in Time section of the America s Story Web site, describes the career of Thurgood Marshal...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Modern Era: Sunday Bloody Sunday
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Psychology, Electives, United States HistoryThis 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: 0The Civil Rights Era
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis resource, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, documents the lives of African Americans during the Civil Rights...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Many Faces of Paul Robeson
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Music, United States History and 3 additional..This lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
Grades: 4, 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy, Electives, PsychologyThis resource, from the National Park Service, offers a virtual tour of historic places related to the modern civil rights movem...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Depression and World War II: Progress Through Peace
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Philosophy, Electives, Psychology, United States HistoryThis Web page, part of the Jump Back in Time section of the America s Story Web site, describes the life of civil rights leade...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Resources for Teaching American History: Civil Rights
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryMultimedia site includes teacher-selected primary sources, a video on Medgar Evers, elementary-school lessons on Rosa Parks and ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Jackie Robinson: Beyond the Playing Field
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Electives, Physical Education, Sports and Competition, United States History and 3 additional..Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) was the first black man to officially play major league baseball in the 20th century. This resource ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Eleanor Roosevelt Letter About Marian Anderson
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Music, United States HistoryIncluded in this online exhibit from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the original typescript of a let...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis resource, provided by the University of Pennsylvania, contains a letter from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., written in a Birm...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0