Join US Civil Rights Movement activists as they march, ride, sit, and stand while being catalysts for Good Trouble, racial justice, and equality.
Learning Objectives
SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT: Students will develop a better understanding of how to make meaningful choices to influence positive changes for others.
HISTORICAL/POLITICAL AWARENESS: Students will develop a better understanding of how the activists of the Civil Rights Movement challenged the norms, policies, and legislation that existed to lead to a change in society.
HEROIC CONTEXT: Students will identify important people and events of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and their role within this movement.
SIGNIFICANT CONTEXT: Students will develop an understanding of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.
At the end of this lesson:
- Students will understand how the fight to end racial injustices and the implementation of Jim Crow laws led to the Civil Rights Movement
- Students will understand the different forms of protests that were used during the Civil Rights Movement.
- Students will understand the terminology associated with racial injustice and discrimination as it pertains to the Civil Rights Movement.
- Students will understand how a variety of people displayed empathy and understanding and protested alongside African-Americans during the Civil Rights Movement
External References
Photo Analysis Doc for Young Students
Photo Analysis Doc for Intermediate Students
Claudette Colvin The Girl that Came Before Rosa Parks
John Lewis’ This is It Moment at the March on Washington
Congressman John Lewis’ Firsthand Account of Bloody Sunday
Good Trouble – Minecraft World file
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