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Civil Rights Time Line
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Subject: | Social Sciences,
Language Arts,
Technology, U.S. History
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Grade: | 6-8, 9-12
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Brief Description
Students create a time line about important events in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Objectives
Students
- define the term civil rights movement,
- sequence historical events in chronological order,
- demonstrate research skills using the Internet and/or library sources.
Keywords
civil rights, time line, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, black history
Materials Needed
- teacher-selected examples of time lines
- computers with Internet access or student-researched library materials about the civil rights movement
- paper
- pens or pencils
- PowerPoint software (optional)
Lesson Plan
Variation: If you have access to PowerPoint, have students create their time lines as PowerPoint presentations.
Assessment
Evaluate students' time lines and presentations.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Lois Lewis
National Standards
Language Arts:
NL-ENG.K-12.1
NL-ENG.K-12.2
NL-ENG.K-12.6
NL-ENG.K-12.7
NL-ENG.K-12.8
NL-ENG.K-12.9
Social Science:
NSS-USH.5-12.9
Technology:
NT.K-12.1
NT.K-12.3
NT.K-12.5
Originally published 01/29/2001
Links last updated 12/04/07
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