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US National Archives
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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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Documented Rights Educational Lesson Plan

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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 how people groups like African-American slaves, women, Hispanic-Americans, and Native-Americans have worked to secure their freedom and equality throughout the nation's history. Try administering this project during your study of the civil rights movement!

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

human rights, civil rights, civics, the civil rights movement

Additional Tags

unalienable rights, civil rights, civil rights movement, human rights, social studies

Pros

  • Can download and edit document to administer as project guidelines
  • Engaging activity involving collaboration, research, and source analysis

Cons

  • Instructor will need to supplement instruction on how to properly conduct research, as well as set guidelines for assessment

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 WHST.9-10.7 WHST.9-10.8 WHST.9-10.9 WHST.11-12.7 WHST.11-12.8 WHST.11-12.9

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