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Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Special Collection Lesson PlanPbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Special Collection Lesson Plan
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PBS
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9th - 10th
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Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Special Collection

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Multimedia collection of video, primary text documents and audio on Civil Rights, especially Brown vs. Board of Education.

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Concepts
affirmative action, african americans, civil rights, desegregation, education, racism, segregation, brown v. board of education, martin luther king jr., plessy v. ferguson
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Additional Tags
civil rights enforcement, civil rights legislation, civil rights movement, nonviolent protest, photographs, racial tension in public schools, right to vote, riots, separate but equal, sit-ins, u.s. civil rights movement, brown vs. the board of education, civil rights act of 1964, civil rights movement in the united states, civil rights and civil liberties, dr. king, emergence of civil rights as a national issue, end of the civil rights movement, equal employment opportunity, martin luther king, jr, racial segregation, school desegregation, school integration, civil rights movement, 1954-1968
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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