Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Civil Rights Movement in America Lesson PlanCivil Rights Movement in America Lesson Plan
Publisher
Curated OER
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Lesson Plan

Civil Rights Movement in America

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet

Eleventh graders explore the Civil Rights movement as a culmination of history and cultural perspectives developed from the Slave Trade and Reconstruction. They identify leading persons and organizations and their personal philosophy to gaining civil rights.

3 Views 4 Downloads
Concepts

the civil rights movement

Additional Tags

civil rights movement, social studies
Show More Show Less

Resource Details

Grade
11th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
2 more...
Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Research

See similar resources:

Lesson Plan

Documented Rights Educational Lesson Plan

US National Archives
How have groups struggled to have their unalienable rights recognized in the United States? Acting as a research team for the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, your young historians will break into groups to research...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Civil War to Civil Rights: From Pea Ridge to Central High

National Park Service
Explore how the Civil War impacted the Civil Rights Movement. Class members complete a series of projects for a unit that uses a layered curriculum approach to learning. 
4th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Interactive

The Suffrage and the Civil Rights Reform Movements

DocsTeach
It's the American way to put one foot in front of the other and march. Using images of protests from the civil rights and women's suffrage movements, young historians analyze similarities between the two watershed moments of social...
6th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Civil Rights or Human Rights?

Stanford University
Young citizens consider the American civil rights movement as part of the global struggle for human rights. After using a timeline activity to learn about the major events in the civil rights movement, class members study...
6th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

Reconstruction: Ida B. Wells - Pioneer of Civil Rights

PBS
When Ida B. Wells was kicked off the whites-only ladies railway car, it ignited a ferocious warrior for civil rights. Wells and others worked to preserve the hard-won freedoms of Reconstruction, which were tenuous at best during...
3 mins 7th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Interactive

From Dred Scott to the Civil Rights Act of 1875: Eighteen Years of Change

DocsTeach
What do a photo of Abraham Lincoln, a map for the Battle of Antietam, and the Dred Scott decision all have in common? Learners consider the broader question as they examine documents related to civil rights during the Civil War and...
10th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Curated OER
If African Americans were given the right to vote after the Civil War (in 1865), why were they still fighting for it in 1965? Change can be difficult to accept, and many people were still angered at the rights African Americans gained...
3 mins 9th - 12th Social Studies & History
Lesson Planet Article

Defending the Rights of Women

Curated OER
The women's rights movement is the fascinating story of the individuals who fought for a change of the status quo.
7th - 12th Social Studies & History
Interactive

To What Extent was Reconstruction a Revolution? (Part 1)

DocsTeach
Some scholars consider the Civil War and Reconstruction a second American Revolution. Class members weigh in after examining primary sources, including a Congressional resolution calling for the Fifteenth Amendment and the credentials of...
10th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Civil Rights Video Essay

Curated OER
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.
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use