Made From Media
Made From History: State by State History of 20th Century American Civil Rights
This interactive United States Map allows students to see how slavery split the country into two sides, but the Civil War did not resolve their differences. Each state featured is assigned a short quote, story, or fact that illuminates...
Library of Congress
Loc: Voices of Civil Rights
Exhibition documenting the Civil Rights Movement in the United States presented by the Library of Congress. Includes personal stories, photos, and historical facts.
Library of Congress
Loc: From Slavery to Civil Rights
This interactive timeline lets students select an era in the history of blacks in United States. Text tells the highlights of the time and primary source materials are linked that pertain as well.
PBS
The March on Washington and Its Impact : Lesson Plan
Learn about the social conditions in the United States that led up to the Civil Rights Movement. Also, explore peaceful resistance and the immediate impact of the march.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Congressman John R. Lewis
A biography of John R. Lewis, one of the leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement. He participated in pivotal resistance campaigns such as the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington, and went on the serve in the United States...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Black Power Movement
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Black Power Movement.
Lin and Don Donn
Lin and Don Donn: Civil Rights Movement
This collection of teacher resources provides suggestions for lesson and unit plans to teach about the Civil Rights Movement. Includes a variety of resources for instruction on the civil rights movement and Black History Month.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 8: An Age of Confidence and Anxiety
This extensive learning module examines the United States' response to the global uncertainty and instability that followed World War II and the ways that marginalized groups challenged discrimination, and the counter-responses to their...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Human Rights and Discrimination
This unit plan from the Utah Education Network engages students in understanding how authors backgrounds often impact their writing choices. "Human rights" and "discrimination" are the featured topics in the five texts incorporated in...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Cesar Chavez: Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist
Young scholars will watch a short video and examine two primary sources in order to understand how Chavez was able to successfully organize a movement among some of America's poorest and most oppressed workers.
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: To Kill a Mockingbird
In this unit students begin by connecting to the story To Kill A Mockingbird through quotes taken from the text; they explore the background information about the author and the Civil Rights Movement. After reading, they plan and develop...
Other
Bringing History Home: Segregation History
This 3rd grade unit introduces children to the history of segregation, from the end of the Civil War in 1865 through the 1940s. Its content bridges the period between slavery and the peak of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Egalitarian America
Comprehensive teaching unit on egalitarian America: Americans that demanded political, social, and economic equality in all walks of life. Learn how the civil rights movement and an expanding mass media helped to reshape a changing...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Laws, They Are a Changin'
This unit will cover the key people, places, and events of the Civil Rights Movement. The students will create a PowerPoint presentation, a brochure, and a website so that they can use and extend their technology skills. They will also...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Montgomery Bus Boycott
[Free Registration/Login Required] After reviewing four documents, students will consider the deeper meaning behind the bus boycott while studying the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Leader Video
In the second half of the 20th century, racial tensions rose in the US as African Americans began to challenge unjust laws that supported discrimination and segregation. This movement found its leader in the patient and inspiring...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: The Women's Movement
Taking its cue from the Civil Rights movement, the Women's Movement gained momentum throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
A&E Television
History.com: Black History Milestones
A detailed account of the history of African Americans is presented in this article. Divided by main topics or periods of time, the coming of slavery to America is the first focus. Followed by plantation life and escapes to freedom and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Stonewall and the Gay Liberation Movement
A collection which uses primary sources to explore the impact of Stonewall on the gay liberation movement.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The American Indian Movement, 1968 1978
This collection uses primary sources to explore the American Indian Movement between 1968 and 1978.
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Bullock Museum: Chapter Eight: Civil War to Centennial [Pdf]
A teacher guide designed to support a visit to the Bullock Museum, but can be used on its own using available resources. Includes information, discussion questions, activities, and worksheets. This module looks at Texas from the time of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Equal Rights Amendment
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Equal Rights Amendment.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Voting Rights Act of 1965
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: The United Farm Workers Delano Grape Strike
This collection uses primary sources to explore the United Farm Workers and the Delano Grape Strike.