As part of a study of the American Civil Rights movement, class members search the Internet to find important facts, people, events, and pictures that they use to create a timeline of events between 1955 and 1970. 

Concepts

civil rights, citizenship, civic duty

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Have class members search for information for their timelines about the Civil Rights movement in their area

Classroom Considerations

• The AARP video is 44 minutes long
• The resource is designed for North Carolina schools but the activities are appropriate for any classroom study of the Civil Rights movement

Pros

• Includes a rubric to assess the timelines

Cons

• Resource contains spelling and grammar errors
• Many of the links within the resource do not work; however, the materials may be found on the Internet

Common Core

RH.6-8.7