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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Students evaluate selected songs as effective tools for social protest and as an historical documents and describe the role music played in the civil rights movement of the 1960s; Full Review »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 listen to songs from the Civil Rights movement. They explain how the music might have inspired African-Americans to be activists in the movement. They examine how the Civil Rights movement affected the common good. Full Review »
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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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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate a decade of American history when the civil rights movement was a focus of national attention. They create a video essay about a person or event that played an important role in shaping the civil rights movement. 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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- 6th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the importance of music in the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century. They listen to samples of 'freedom songs' and compare several versions of what came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement anthem: "We Shall Overcome". 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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