Goals and Objectives
Students will become experts on the major events of the Civil Rights movement that were not covered in class and their impact on the Civil Rights movement through a group new project; students can choose to do a newspaper or create a news presentation for the entire class.
Content Standards
11.10 Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights.
11.10.2 Examine and analyze the key events, policies, and court cases in the evolution of civil rights, including Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, and California Proposition 209.
11.10.3 Describe the collaboration on legal strategy between African American and white civil rights lawyers to end racial segregation in higher education.
11.10.4 Examine the roles of civil rights advocates (e.g., A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, James Farmer, Rosa Parks), including the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and "I Have a Dream" speech.
11.10.5. Discuss the diffusion of the civil rights movement of African Americans from the churches of the rural South and the urban North, including the resistance to racial desegregation in Little Rock and Birmingham, and how the advances influenced the agendas, strategies, and effectiveness of the quests of American Indians, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans for civil rights and equal opportunities.
11.10.2 Examine and analyze the key events, policies, and court cases in the evolution of civil rights, including Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, and California Proposition 209.
11.10.3 Describe the collaboration on legal strategy between African American and white civil rights lawyers to end racial segregation in higher education.
11.10.4 Examine the roles of civil rights advocates (e.g., A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, James Farmer, Rosa Parks), including the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and "I Have a Dream" speech.
11.10.5. Discuss the diffusion of the civil rights movement of African Americans from the churches of the rural South and the urban North, including the resistance to racial desegregation in Little Rock and Birmingham, and how the advances influenced the agendas, strategies, and effectiveness of the quests of American Indians, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans for civil rights and equal opportunities.
Lesson Introduction
Teacher will lead a short whip around discussion about what has been learned in the unit so far getting students engaged with the materials.
Content Delivery
Teacher will introduce the newspaper project to the class and hand out the directions to the class as well as the events in which students are to choose from to create their individual newspapers and group presentations.
Student Engagement
- On Day One students will begin by choosing their topics and getting into groups of 4-5 and begin collaborating on the materials they saved from the inquiry lesson. Students will determine the layouts of their newspapers or if they will present their materials in front of the class. Students will divide the group as the directions state.
- Day Two-Thee research day in the computer lab students will gather 4-5credible (not Wikipedia) sources on their topic to write on. Students will write a summary of their sources and any key vocabulary. Students if ready will begin working on their project.
- Day 4 students will bring together their information and begin putting their newspapers together and/or their news presentations. Students will finalize their
- Day 5 students will present their projects and/or present the news reports
Lesson Closure
Students will state what could be changed in the project and what aspects they liked.
Assessment
Students will constantly be assessed about their knowledge about the civil rights movement through progress monitoring questions delivered while students are researching their main topics.
Accommodations
The vocabulary that students must use and define will aid in understanding new text and using multiple formats of learning will be the primary accommodations.
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