Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Securing the Right to Vote: Selma to Montgomery Story
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson plan asking this essential question: "What conditions created a need for a protest march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 and what did that march achieve?"
Other
Book Club Lesson Plan: The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Explore this comprehensive book club lesson plan for "The Watsons Go to Brimingham-- 1963," by Christopher Paul Curtis.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Campaigns for Economic Freedom
This teacher resource highlights how racial discrimination affected the economic conditions of African Americans in the twentieth century. It includes a detailed lesson plan as well as videos and documents for learners to explore. There...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: February One (Lessons on the Greensboro Sit in of 1960)
Find two lesson plans developed for a PBS documentary about the Greensboro Four, whose sit-in at a whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter was a key event in the unfolding history of the civil rights movement. The lessons ask students to...
University of California
The History Project: Ideology of the New Left
The early 1960s saw a rising tide of criticism of American society, mainly by college students. They criticized repression, corruption and racism as basic flaws in the entire structure of American government and society. This lesson plan...
Utah State University
Teacher Link: Martin Luther King
What contributions did Martin Luther King Jr. make to the Human Rights effort? This site offers a lesson plan to develop student's knowledge of the accomplishments of this famous leader.
Everything ESL
Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Teach your ESL learners about Dr. Martin Luther King. This lesson plan includes the TESOL standards. You will find downloads and audio clips.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Seeing Integration From Different Viewpoints
What does the world look like through someone else's eyes? Guide young scholars in using colorful paper glasses to examine a story of school desegregation from multiple perspectives.
Library of Congress
Loc: Her Story
A rich Library of Congress resource page that is filled with links to historical and primary documents offering a female perspective throughout history. Lesson plan links are also given.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Analyzing a Letter to Congress About Bloody Sunday
In this activity, students will focus on a letter written to Congress about Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. Students will determine that, due to television coverage, the author, Mrs. Jackson, was very aware of the events that day even...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Louisa May Alcott
Delve into the writing of Louisa May Alcott when you check out this resource. This site features links to lesson plans and activities for "Little Women" along with biographical information on Alcott.