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Civil Rights Time Line

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Subject:Social Sciences,
Language Arts,
Technology, U.S. History
Grade:6-8, 9-12

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
Last updated 12/02/10