Your young learners will delve into the language of primary source documents in order to identify the characteristics, benefits, and costs of nonviolence. The lesson includes a mix of activities, including an anticipatory activity, creation of a KWL chart, group jigsaw reading, and final discussion prompt.

Concepts

primary source analysis, primary sources, malcolm x, famous african americans, african american history, the civil rights movement

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Additional Tags

malcolm x, primary source analysis, civil rights movement, social studies

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Pros

• Extensive use of primary source documents to illustrate topic
• All necessary handouts and links included in resource after downloading zip file

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.1.a SL.7.1.a SL.8.1.a SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2