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Global Nonviolent Action Database: The Albany Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn comprehensive details about the Albany Movement which was characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance and its goal which was the enfranchisement of the black voter and full integration of all public facilities. Although...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Teachers: Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learn about African American Rosa Parks and her non-violent protest against racial discrimination. This resource addresses Parks' actions in the context of American race relations at the time. Read an interview with Parks about how she...
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American University

American University: Case Study: Civil War in the Sudan: Resources or Religion?

For Students 9th - 10th
An academic case study on the civil war in the Sudan that provides an especially comprehensive history of the conflict, with insightful analysis of the forces that then shaped the actions of the opposing sides. (Published 1997)
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International Civil Rights Center & Museum: The Sit in Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting list shows how the sit-in movement spread in just three months across the South. Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities encouraged the non-violent actions to protest segregation.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Activist: Burke Marshall

For Students 9th - 10th
Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall, in this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, remembers mediating the 1962 desegregation of the University of Mississippi.
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Smithsonian Institution

Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical portraits of African Americans involved in the struggle for civil rights and equality, from the time of Frederick Douglass forward. Learn about the contributions of Edmonia Lewis, Sojourner Truth, Edward Bannister, Octavius...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Sncc and Core

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the two civil rights groups that organized nonviolent protests during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Civil Rights Greensboro: Greensboro Sit Ins at Woolworth's

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed description of the sit-ins at the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth's store and other businesses in that city during the first part of 1960. These sit-ins were to call attention to the segregation of public businesses...
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

Jfk Presidential Library: Integrating Ole Miss: A Civil Rights Milestone

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lets visitors learn about the integration of the University of Mississippi firsthand through the actual letters, recorded telephone conversations, and images of those who made history.
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Virginia Military Institute Archives: Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864

For Students 9th - 10th
A wealth of information about the role of the cadets of Virginia Military Institute at the Battle of New Market. Read a description of the battle, find a timeline of the cadets' actions leading up to the battle, and read biographies of...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Dr. King's Dream

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
There are 4 "Guiding Questions" which reveal the content of the lesson plan provided in "Dr. King's Dream:" "What do we mean by the term 'civil rights'?" "Who was Martin Luther King, Jr., and how did he fight for civil rights?" "What can...
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Wild Geese Today: Colonel Patrick Guiney: Boston's 'Good Knight'

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth, action filled look at an Irish soldier's life in the Civil War.
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Wild Geese: General Michael Corcoran

For Students 9th - 10th
A five-part article about Michael Corcoran, an Irish immigrant who volunteered when Lincoln first issued a call for troops. Read about his actions at Bull Run, in a Southern prison camp, and his leadership of the Irish Brigade. This...
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About North Georgia: Battle of Lookout Mountain

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the military actions taken on Lookout Mountain in November, 1863. Read about the weather conditions that influenced the poetic name of the battle as the Battle Above the Clouds.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin" by Margot Adler

For Students 7th - 8th
Rosa Parks is well-known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Alabama. A famous bus boycott followed because of her act of protest. However, Parks was not the first person to refuse to give up her seat. In...
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Illinois Institute of Technology

Regents of University of California v. Bakke (1978)

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Supreme Court case that allowed affirmative action to be a criteria for admission decisions in institutes of higher education.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Active Citizenship: Civil Rights Work of Bob Moses (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that compares and contrasts Bob Moses's fight for civil rights in the 1960s with his continuing efforts to gain educational opportunities for the poor and for minorities. The lesson plan includes instructions for directing...
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University of Washington

University of Washington: Congress of Racial Equality (Core) Actions 1942 1970

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)with maps and charts showing the geography of CORE activism.
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War Times Journal

War Times Journal: Memoirs: William T. Sherman

For Students 9th - 10th
Several chapters taken from General Sherman's memoirs covering the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862. He provides a leadership view of the actions of General Ulysses S. Grant before, during and after the battle.
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NBC

Nbc Learn: 1957 Showdown

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this video/lesson series we will explore September of 1957, when nine black teenagers attempt to enroll in a white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Their action sparks one of the pivotal battles of the Civil Rights movement and...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Saved From the Gallows: The Trial of Leopold and Loeb [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Referred to as "the crime of the century," Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were tried and convicted of the murder of a fourteen year old in Chicago in the early twentieth century. This Bill of Rights in Action features the story of the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Slow the Cylinder

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students learn why shock absorbers are necessary on vehicles, how they dampen the action of springs, and what factors determine the amount of dampening. They conduct an experiment to determine the effect of spring strength and port...
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Tsu: The Progressive Era and World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive outline covering the major ideas, leaders, and actions of the Progressive Era and the transformation of the United States as a result of World War I.
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Center for Democracy and Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
A public interest organization working for public policies that advance civil liberties and democratic values in information technologies. Contains links to information on free speech, data privacy, wiretapping, and cryptography.

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