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
The March on Washington WorksheetThe March on Washington Worksheet
Publisher
Reading Through History
Resource Details
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Grade
8th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
1 more...
Resource Types
Worksheets
5 more...
Audiences
For Teacher Use
1 more...
Duration
1 day
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
2 more...
Usage Permissions
Fine Print: Educational Use
Worksheet

The March on Washington

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This The March on Washington worksheet also includes:
  • Answer Key
  • Reading Passage
  • Join to access all included materials

How does marching get a point across to the government? Teach pupils about civics, human rights, and freedom of speech using the resource about the March on Washington. After reading, learners complete multiple-choice and short-answer questions to better understand the topic.

16 Views 18 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

washington, washington d.c., african american history

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Include during a study on African American history or during a unit on civil rights
  • Flip the class by assigning the reading portion for homework

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires some prep work, such as printing and distributing handouts

Pros

  • Includes important primary source material to use during the direct instruction portion of the resource
  • Includes an answer key

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.9-10.1 RH.11-12.1

See similar resources:

Lesson Plan

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

PBS
What rights are guaranteed to young scholars? Do they align with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was approved by the United Nations in 1948? Middle and high schoolers present persuasive arguments about the rights they...
7th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Rights Auction

Close Up Foundation
In an engaging activity on universal and unalienable rights, learners work in groups to establish a democratic nation and determine what principles they want to protect to ensure a democratic society. They conduct a "rights auction" in...
7th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Activity

A President's Vision: George Washington

Humanities Texas
Who knew that one poster about George Washington could have so many learning possibilities attached to it? Here you'll find an attractive learning display on the first president of the United States, as well as worksheets and...
5th - 11th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Unit Plan

BPS Civil Rights

Facing History and Ourselves
Include moments of heroism in a social studies module that includes three units. Focusing on the murder of Emmett Till, the movement of nonviolent resistance, and segregating schools in Boston, the units explore key events of the...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
Lesson Plan

Making Change: Revolutionary Tactics of the Civil Rights Movement

PBS
The film American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs introduces viewers to the differing philosophies of and strategies employed by 1960s civil rights leaders such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. and the debate over...
10th - Higher Ed Social Studies & History
CCSS: Designed
Unit Plan

Preserving the Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights Institute
Consider how America's founding fathers and their experiences contributed to the rights we all enjoy today. A collection of reading, writing, and collaborative exercises prompt high schoolers to think about the ways their current lives...
8th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Designed
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
Unit Plan

George Washington: First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen

Library of Congress
Does the lens of history portray George Washington as a good leader? A three-lesson unit looks at Washington's early military career as the commander of the Virginia Regiment, his role in the fight for independence...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

What Are the Universal Human Rights?

TED-Ed
Help class members develop an understanding of the complexity of establishing an enunciation of universal human rights, with this short video that overviews the some of the issues involved.
5 mins 7th - 12th Social Studies & History
Unit Plan

Civil Rights at 50

Civil Rights 50
The 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, President Johnson's signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 provide the backdrop for a series of lesson...
8th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Designed
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