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Pbs Learning Media: Activism in the Civil Rights Movement InteractivePbs Learning Media: Activism in the Civil Rights Movement Interactive
Publisher
PBS
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Interactives
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Lexile Measures
920L
Interactive

Pbs Learning Media: Activism in the Civil Rights Movement

Curated by ACT

In this interactive lesson, students will learn about the historical background of racial segregation and the brave individuals and groups who stood up against segregation during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Concepts

jim crow laws, ruby bridges

Additional Tags

racial segregation, school desegregation, freedom rides, montgomery bus boycott, naacp, civil rights movement, 1954-1968

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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