The Academy Award-winning documentary A Time for Justice launches a unit that examines America's civil rights movement. Class members examine key events and participants in the movement and consider how the civil rights movement changed the US. A powerful resource that deserves a place in your curriculum library.

Concepts

the civil rights act of 1964, desegregation, segregation

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Have groups update the statistics on unemployment as well as high school and college graduation rates 

Classroom Considerations

• The resource presumes a protocol has been established for the safe, respectful discussion of controversial issues

Pros

• The 34-page packet includes five lessons, a glossary, images, a handout that includes photos and background information on 40 people who gave their lives for civil rights, links to additional resources, a timeline, poster, and worksheets

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.1.a SL.7.1.a SL.8.1.a SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a RH.6-8.1 RH.9-10.1 RH.11-12.1