Worksheet

Guess Who? Heroes of Civil Rights

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Can your pupils identify these five important civil rights figures? Given five short descriptions, learners must match each person to his or her civil rights achievements. 

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Instructional Ideas
  • Use this as a discussion starter or into activity; matching the civil rights figures with their descriptions could act as a bridge into further discussion of and instruction about these important people
  • Have this page ready for when you have a substitute teacher; kids can use their textbooks or online resources to determine the answers
Classroom Considerations
  • This is part of a series of worksheets related to the civil rights movement
Pros
  • A quick exercise that would work nicely at the beginning or end of the class period
Cons
  • There is no answer key; however, figuring out which description belongs to which person should not prove to be too difficult