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Civil Rights: US History Unit PlanCivil Rights: US History Unit Plan
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Pacific University Oregon
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10th
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Social Studies & History
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Civil Rights: US History

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To gain an understanding of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, class members investigate the Jim Crow Laws, the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments of the US Constitution, and the 1898 Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson. With this background, the focus of the unit turns to the period from 1954 through 1963, and groups research Brown V. Board of Education, the Little Rock Nine, the Montgomery Bus strike, and the March on Washington.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

civil rights, the civil rights movement, jim crow laws, liberty, racism, plessy v. ferguson, desegregation, segregation, the emancipation proclamation, reconstruction, the reconstruction era, socratic discussion, discrimination

Additional Tags

social studies

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Classroom Considerations

  • Although the unit is designed for Oregon, the materials are appropriate for any classroom
  • The teacher centered unit would work best as a source of ideas and materials
  • Focuses on events from 1898-1964

Pros

  • The 12-page packet includes unit pre-assessment and assessment rubric, four detailed lesson plans, and a list of resources

Cons

  • Rather than a complete unit, the resources includes only four detailed plans
  • Instruction is very teacher centered

Common Core

RI.9-10.1

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