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This Protesting Discrimination in Bristol lesson plan also includes:
- Standing Up for Democracy Unit
- Get Prepared to Teach This Scheme of Work in Your Classroom
- Protesting Discrimination in Bristol PowerPoint (.pptx)
- What Was behind the Bristol Bus Boycott?
- Bristol Bus Boycott 50 Years On
- K-W-L Chart
- What Was Behind the Bristol Bus Boycott? Viewing Guide
- Analysing the Levers of Power: The Bristol Bus Boycott
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Using the Bristol Bus Boycott as a case study, class members examine the strategies and levels of power protesters used to effect change. The two-day instructional activity concludes with individuals reflecting on the actions they might take in face of discrimination and injustice.
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Instructional Ideas
- Have students research and draw parallels between the Bristol Bus Boycott and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Have groups fill out another Levels of Power worksheet identifying the levels and strategies used in the protests of 2020
Classroom Considerations
- Lesson 14 of 15 in the Standing Up for Democracy unit
- The lessons are cumulative and designed to be taught in order
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- The lesson provides a model of what young people can do and for how to get organizations with influence involved
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