Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories by Ellen Levine
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Theme: |
Understanding the Inequality of Segregated Education During and Immediately Following the Civil Rights Movement, Understanding and Appreciating the Civil Rights Movement in America
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Grades: |
6 - 8
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Subject: |
Reading and Language Arts, Social Studies
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Duration: |
One class period
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Standards
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North Carolina Social Studies/African American Studies Curriculum Standards:
Competency Goal 5: The learner will examine the rise of Jim Crow and its effects on the life experiences of African Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Objectives 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05
Competency Goal 8: The learner will analyze the successes and failures of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Objectives 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05
North Carolina Social Studies Curriculum Standards:
Competency Goal 7: The learner will analyze the changes in North Carolina during the post war period to the 1970’s.
Objectives: 7.02, 7.05
North Carolina Language Arts Curriculum Standards:
Competency Goal 1: The learner will use language to express individual perspectives through analysis of personal, social, cultural and historical issues.
Objectives: 1.01, 1.02, 1.04
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Read and discuss Chapter 3: Different Classrooms: Segregation and Integration in the Schools from the book Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories by Ellen Levine.
- Write a response to the chapter and the accounts of the activists based on a set of given criteria.
- Define the terms segregation and integration as they pertain to the civil rights Movement in the United States.
- Define the terms The Little Rock Nine and Brown vs. the Board of Education and their importance in the civil rights movement in the United States.
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