American Civil Rights Movement 1950's, Lesson Plan

 The American Civil Rights movement is very important, and is still a process that we are working on in America.  Even today voting rights in many states are under attack! Let's look at the history and see what we can learn and apply to our present day problems. 

Resources: 

First go here: 

Big Fat Notebook of American History pages 435-438 

Rosa Parks https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/stories-of-innovation/what-if/rosa-parks/

https://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/african-american_civil_rights_movement.php#:~:text=The%20civil%20rights%20movement%20gained,previously%20all%20white%20high%20school.

Now take the quiz at the bottom of the Ducksters Page 

Discuss: 

What was the first problem that people wanted to solve?  Why? 

Who did the first act of resistence on a bus?  Why? 

Who was Rosa Parks? What did she do?  Why? 

Who was Martin Luther King Jr? What did he do? 

Homework Imagine you are a reporter for the Montgomery Newspaper.  Write an article about Rosa Parks and the aftermath of her refusing to give up her seat on the bus.