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Students investigate important themes, figures, and events of the Civil Rights Movement. They create a class mural that demonstrates their understanding of the continuing impact of the movement on American society. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students evaluate selected songs as effective tools for social protest and as an historical documents and describe the role music played in the civil rights movement of the 1960s; Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students summarize the major events of the Civil Rights movement. They examine leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X and what they did for the movement. They also listen to music from the Civil Rights Era and their function. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students watch videos, listen to speeches and analyze the information that is presented about the civil rights movement. They examine visual art of the period. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students research the history of the blues and relate the development of this genre of music to the African-American experience in America. They explore the relationship between the quest for civil rights and the music that relates to it. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students identify, research, and discuss similarities between the Civil Rights Movement and the grassroots hip hop movement in America. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students study the poetry of the US Civil Rights movement and the Black Arts movement over a 12 day period. They author a website showing works of poetry that students have chosen to analyze and relate to these movements. Full Review »
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- 4th - 7th
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Students examine the racial inequality that existed in the United States before the Civil Rights Movement. After listening to song lyrics and viewing photographs, they discover the importance of the movement in helping society move toward equality. They write essays and speak orally about their views on the movement and their empathy for African-Americans. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students examine the biography of Henry B. Gonzalez. They examine primary source documents from Congressman Gonzalez's personal papers related to his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate important themes, figures, and events of the civil rights movement. They create a class mural that both synthesizes their knowledge of this period in history and demonstrates the continuing impact of the movement on American society. Full Review »
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