Civil+Rights+Movement+Lesson+Plans

=**Civil Rights Movement Lesson Plans**=

__**Lesson Plan Ideas:**__
Title: Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement
 * Margo's Lesson Plan Idea**

Overview: This will be a two day lesson plan that introduces students to two of the notable people and events that started the Civil Rights Movement. Students will use their Web 2.0 skills to participate in a blog discussion, navigate the internet for information, and watch videos about the Civil Rights.

This lesson plan comes from the Martin L. King Papers Project site http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/liberation_curriculum/
 * Caryn's Lesson Plan Idea**:

Title: The Children's Crusade and the Role of Youth in the African American Freedom Struggle.

Overview: Students will study how young people played an essential role in the African American freedom struggle. The various contributions that children made were critical to the movement's success. I will use a blog as a tool for the students to reflect on their reactions, thoughts and feelings.

Title: Ordinary People: the Civil Rights Movement
 * Sue Ellen's Lesson Plan Idea:**

Overview: This will be a four day lesson that will enable students to create a skit upon the completion of the WebQuest, to show their knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement.The WebQuest will contain links to websites and videos students will use to help create their skit. [|Webquest]

__**Lesson Plan Tools:**__
Timeline of events leading up to Brown v. Board of Education trial: http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brown-v-board/timeline.html

Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement, starting from the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education trial: http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/mlk/links.html

Google has some great tools and activities for Teachers, including an interactive lesson plan on the Civil Rights History and Geography: http://www.google.com/educators/6_12.html; http://miramonte.acalanes.k12.ca.us/bbcswebdav/institution/MHSwebsite/sojourn07/Journey/Welcome.html

__**Lesson Plan Template**__
The following is a template of a Lesson Plan, which can be used to organize your lesson plan.


 * **Teacher:**


 * **Subject Area:**


 * **Grade Level:**


 * **Unit Title:**


 * **Lesson Title:**


 * **Enduring Understanding** (lasting idea/concept/process):


 * **Essential Questions** (Why lesson is essential to students; questions to examine student knowledge so that the teacher can determine if they have acquired enduring understanding):


 * **Objectives** (Write 2-5 objectives stating expected learner outcomes/thinking skills):


 * **Materials/Resources Needed:**


 * **Anticipatory Set/Activator** (List specific statements or activities you will use to focus students on the lesson for the day and draw on/create background knowledge):


 * **State Objective/Purpose** (For the student’s benefit, explain what students will be able to do by the end of the lesson and why these objectives are important to accomplish):


 * **Input** (The procedure of the lesson/actual presentation/activity; Know what you are teaching and exactly how you will teach it):


 * **Model** (If you will be demonstrating the skill/competence/activity/process, how will this be done?):


 * **Check for Understanding** (Ongoing/Identify strategies to be used to determine if students are comprehending/formatively assess):


 * **Guided Practice** (List activities which will be used to guide student practive and provide a time frame for completing this practice with teacher supervision and guidance):


 * **Closure** (What method of review and evaluation will be used to complete the lesson?):


 * **Independent Practice** (List activity/assignment to be given to students to ensure they have mastered the skill without teacher guidance):


 * **Reflection** (Teacher reflects on lesson *strengths and areas of lesson to be improved*):