Young historians investigate and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies the Civil Rights Movement used to end segregation in the United States. After watching an video interview with Carl Matthews and Bill Stevens who participated in the Woolworth lunch counter sit-in, class members research background information and then craft new articles about the events for two college student newspapers, one a segregated university and one a historically black college.

Concepts

racism, the civil rights movement, segregation

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• The interview clip ends abruptly; consider showing the entire video and then replaying the clip before beginning the lesson

Classroom Considerations

• The third in a series of three lessons that use primary source materials to investigate African American History

Pros

• The resource provides links to archival images and videos

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.9 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.7 RH.11-12.9