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- Betty Friedan
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- James Farmer
- Rosa Parks
- Shirley Chisolm
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- Wilt Chamberlain
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Hank Aaron
- Bill Russell
- Bob Gibson
- Muhammad Ali
- Jim Brown
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Octavia Butler
- Shirley Chisholm
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Coretta Scott King
- Eldridge Cleaver
- Bill Cosby
- Tina Turner
- Huey Newton
- Arthur Ashe
- Stevie Wonder
- Stokely Carmichael
- Lucille Clifton
- Nikki Giovanni
- Alex Haley
- Lorraine Hansberry
- Ntozake Shange
- Fannie Lou Hamer
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An excellent resource defines the African-American Civil Rights Movement from the early 1900s through the legacy left in modern times. Every major date, event, and key player is described under clear overarching categories. The NAACP, legal victories, political changes, and activists that made the Civil Rights Movement are discussed.
Fourth graders explore the concept of civil rights and the ways in which Dr. Martin Luther Kind and others utilized non-violent protests to achieve their goals. They participate in a variety of discussion and role play activities during this comprehensive unit.
In this famous people worksheet, students read a selection about Noam Chomsky and complete a variety of comprehension activities including but not limited to a synonym match, spelling, writing and sequencing activities.
High schoolers explore what the United States would be like today if the Bill of Rights had never been written. In this exploring the constitution instructional activity, students research Supreme Court cases that were heard in the early years of the U.S. Constitution, write about the specifics of the case and share their findings with the other high schoolers.
For this controversial issues worksheet, students read 15 famous quotations on controversial topics and identify who said each of them.
Middle schoolers discuss the activism and activist leaders of the 1970's human rights movements involving women, migrant workers and Native Americans. They perform a mock "sit-in" and protest regarding a current societal issue. This is an impressive, 26-page plan.
Students analyze civil disobedience through history studying Thoreau, Gandhi, and Dr. King. In this civil disobedience lesson, students read and analyze excerpts from Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. Students demonstrate their reading comprehension of the lesson by creating a skit, digital story, or analysis paper.
What happened on March 13, 1868? What happened on March 21, 1965? Eager readers fill in the missing historical event occurring on one day in March from 1862 - 1995. There are 31 events each occurring on a different day in March. This is a fun way to warm up your kids for a day of social studies.
Students analyze writings of Mr. Martin Luther King Jr. They read and discuss an article, and in pairs, research and analyze a written work or speech by Dr. King, create a mixed media collage to represent the text, and write an artist statement.
Learners investigate the concept of foot soldiers with oral history. They are provided with primary and secondary resources. Students differentiate the terms of oral history versus the written record of history. They have class discussion to determine the validity of oral history.