Women's Rights Lesson Plans

Young scholars conduct research on the Civil Rights Movement and participants in order to create an encyclopedia with alphabetical articles about some of the leaders and the ordinary people who made a difference in the movement. The articles for the encyclopedia are written so first-graders are able to read and understand.

Students investigate racism in the United States by creating a menu. In this Civil Rights lesson, students identify the cruelties enacted upon African Americans in the 1950's and 60's as they fought for equality. Students create a menu representing Civil Rights leaders for a fictitious restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama.

 Students review a political cartoon and discuss desegregation.  In this cartoon analysis lesson plan, 11th graders discuss the impact of a political cartoon and its relation to a Supreme Court case.  Students read additional information and answer questions related to Civil Rights. Students draw their own political cartoons.

Pupils analyze historic rulings that played roles in the Civil Rights Movement. In this civil right lesson, students research Internet and print sources regarding Plessy v. Ferguson, Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Weatt v. Painter, and Brown v. Board of Education. Pupils also discuss the role of activists in political and social movements.

Students comprehend the related nature of all of these struggles, relevant chapters of the social sciences text America's Story. Students watch excerpts of PBS video documentaries covering the various civil rights movements.

Young scholars analyze Martin Luther King's message of nonviolent protest. They discover how individuals adapted his message to their own communities and situations. Identify several of the defining events of the Civil Rights Movement.

Students create encyclopedias for the American Civil Rights Movement. In this 20th century American history lesson, students research the contributions of lesser and well-known civil rights activists and write encyclopedia entries featuring their findings. 

Tenth graders evaluate the role and consequences of civil disobedience compared to other forms of protest in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. They use Henry David Thoreau's essay, "Civil Disobedience," to delvelop their knowledge of the concept. Pupils define the term "civil disobedience" and give an example.

Students discuss concepts of rights and responsibilities, review Bill of Rights and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, discuss Civil Rights Movement, and list categories of rights. Students then view and take notes on Ralph Bunche documentary, research beliefs and tactics of leaders of Civil Rights Movement, and research present-day human rights campaign.

Students explore the Civil Rights Movement and discuss examples of unfair discrimination. Using internet research, individual students study the people, places and strategies associated with the Civil Rights Movement. As a class, they compare their findings and then each student create a picture postcard from a historic site that was researched.