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Grade
4th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Interactives
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Duration
30 mins
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Civil Rights

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Informational text about the Civil Rights Movement challenges young historians to prove their reading comprehension skills with six multiple choice questions. After answers are submitted a new screen displays a score, answers—correct and incorrect—and the time it took to complete the assignment.  

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

civil rights, civil rights leaders, the civil rights movement, the civil rights act of 1964, segregation, plessy v. ferguson, brown v. board of education, rosa parks, the montgomery bus boycott, martin luther king jr., jim crow laws, the voting rights act, voting, voting rights, i have a dream speech, african americans, african american culture, african american history, famous african americans, black history month

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Have the website's link readily open or easily accessible on a device's home screen
  • Direct pupils to record their score alongside the time it took them to finish, gauge numbers for comprehension 
  • Go over the informational text as a class, discuss each question, and go back to the text for evidence 

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires several computers or electronic learning devices 
  • Consider assigning the interactive during February's Black History Month

Pros

  • A timer keeps pupils on task 
  • Key terms are highlighted using a bold font 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.4.1 RI.4.10 RI.5.1 RI.5.10 RI.6.1 RI.6.10 RI.7.1 RI.7.10 RI.8.1 RI.8.10

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