How Did People Campaign for Civil Rights in the 50's and 60's?
This lesson contains:
A starter which introduces the idea of civil rights and what it means.
An overview of the Jim Crows laws that were still in place, leading to segregation still operating in the southern states. A further overview of the problems that existed in the 1950's and 1960's in the U.S. for black people, including the KKK and racist attacks.
A YouTube video which gives a nice overview of segregation and what forms it took, and how black people began to fight back against it, including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and some of the movements.
An activity to use the information provided to complete a worksheet to show the major efforts, like the bus boycott, freedom riders, sit in's etc. for each, students briefly judge the impact they had.
A plenary task to study on-board info and judge whether there were improvements. They use the info to pick a side and argue for it.
Attachments:
1 x Powerpoint Presentation
2 x Powerpoint Files
