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Civil Rights: Internet Activism and Social Change

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This Civil Rights: Internet Activism and Social Change instructional video also includes:

Social media has changed the Civil Rights movement. Activists Tamika Mallory, DeRay McKesson, and Bree Newsome talk about how they use social media to bring attention to events, to connection with and share information with other social change protestors, and to build community.

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Concepts
civil rights, social-emotional learning, social justice, activism, social activism, the civil rights movement, cross-media analysis, electronic media, racism, the civil rights act of 1964
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Additional Tags
social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Divide the class into groups, assign each a different "After Watching" question to research, and have them report their findings
Classroom Considerations
  • Part of the Civil Rights: Then and Now Collection
  • One of five related videos
  • The focus of the video is on how social media can bring attention to events not covered by main stream media
Pros
  • Includes teaching tips and links to additional information
Cons
  • None