Unit: Progressive Reform 8.4.5
Aim: How did the Progressive Era mark the start of the Civil Rights Movement?
Content:
See list above
Objectives: SWBAT
Identify protests that led up to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s
Explain how small events can lead to big changes and events
List important acts of the Long Civil Rights Movement
Skill(s):
Create a multimedia presentation
Understand Sequence
Understand cause and effect
Materials:
Class trade books on Civil Rights
Internet to research civil rights protests prior to 1954
Activities/Development:
Day 1: What was the Civil Rights Movement as you know it?
The Civil Rights Movement can also be known as the LONG struggle aka the Second Civil War. Did it begin in 1954?
Look at the Timeline:
1863 President Lincoln issues the Emancipation
Proclamation, beginning the process that resulted
in freedom for all African-American slaves.
1896 The Supreme Court declares segregation legal in
Plessy v. Ferguson. “Separate but Equal” or
“Jim Crow” laws are enforced throughout the nation.
1909 The National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) is organized to fight
for civil rights in the United States.
1954 In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,
Kansas, the Supreme Court bans segregation in
public schools, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson. This begins what is known as the modern Civil Rights Movement.
1955 The Montgomery, Alabama, Bus Boycott begins on
December 1 when Rosa Parks is arrested for
refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person.
What do you notice?
Where do you think the roots of the Civil Rights Movement are? Why?
Day 2:
Do Now Transition: Show wording from state Constitutions with definitions of “negro” and “colored”. Why are definitions necessary when you can tell people apart? Who was considered “black” and why? Actually, you CANNOT always tell people apart by the way they look. Even a DNA test would not necessarily tell you if someone was black.
Show Eyes on the Prize “Awakenings” Part 1
Discuss. (Depending on what students are most interested in we can watch another Part.)
How many protests does it take to be called a MOVEMENT or a REVOLUTION? If 2 or 3 people are protesting, is that enough?
So, when did the Civil Rights Movement as a MOVEMENT begin? Were there people who protested injustice and discrimination BEFORE the famous names we know?
Think about migration. For blacks who moved North before, during and after the Civil War, the line of segregation was invisible. In the South you knew what to avoid but not in NY where you couldn't see it.
Fast forward to WWII...how do you fight for democracy in the world and then have
segregation at home?
Does the Civil Rights Movement actually have its roots and beginnings in the Progressive Era or earlier?
To research this question, we are going to research some of the UNKNOWN events of the LONG Civil Rights Movement. You will also see if you can find others that I do not know about. We will use this to create a double-sided document history (go to the place where it occurred and take a picture, look up the NY Times article about it and share it as an investigator) in the form of a:
Digital Timeline of the LONG Civil Rights Movement
(5 minutes maximum)
You will include slides for:
Title of event
Description – year, names of key people involved, and what was being fought for… (Education, housing, voting, employment, public accommodations, Jim Crow justice)
Consequences/long term effects
Image/photo of the place it occurred and the actual NY Times article headline from archives about it, if possible, otherwise your own written headline
Choose 8 events from the list below and add 2 more that you research on your own that took place anytime BEFORE 1954.
Topics/Events:
Emancipation Proclamation
NAACP - Founded 1909
Watts Riots
Legal Defense Fund - Founded in 1911
Plessy v. Ferguson - How do you tell the difference
between white and black people?
Sometimes it's hard to tell. French Louisiana was very open so Plessy there was a set up?! They say it was planned and he had to announce that he was colored
Mary Miles, 1867
Civil Rights Act
Jennings v. Third Ave. Railroad NYC- got on a horse pulled
carriage car and was arrested. She won in court.
Voting Rights Act
King v. Gallagher in BROOKLYN
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Gong Lum v. Rice 1927 court case - Asian girl going
to public school is considered colored. May be basis for Brown.
Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka
Freedom Riders
March on Washington
24th Amendment
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Day 3: Rubric -
What should we include in the rubric for this Digital Timeline?
Activity: Students will work in groups to develop a list of criteria that should be included in the rubric. Then, as we share, we will create it. Copies will be distributed.
Day 4: Prep for visit to Paley Center and continue work on digital timelines.
Go to http://www.paleycenter.org/cbs-reports-who-speaks-for-birmingham and show clips to discuss differences in prejudice.
Go over Paley website and discuss location and activities.
Overall Questions for Discussion:
What does “separate” mean? What does “equal” mean? What do you think the phrase “separate but equal” means? Is it possible for something to be “separate but equal”? Why or why not?
Constitutions in the South included definitions of “negro” and “colored”. Why do you think this was necessary?
Where today do you see examples of inequality—for example, in your school, in your neighborhood, or in the media?
Is it possible that different people in the same community can perceive prejudice differently? Explain.
What does the term “civil rights” mean to you today?
Study the photograph, write a caption for it.
Homework: Research the long Civil Rights Movement events for your PowerPoint timeline. Bring in research (book or printed) for Monday after the vacation.
Summary Question: What would you call the start of the Civil Rights Movement? Why?
Choose 8 events from the list below and add 2 more that you research on your own that took place anytime BEFORE 1954.
o Emancipation Proclamation
o NAACP
o Watts Riots
o Legal Defense Fund
o Plessy v. Ferguson
o Mary Miles
o Civil Rights Act
o Jennings v. Third Ave. Railroad
o Voting Rights Act
o King v. Gallagher
o Montgomery Bus Boycott
o Gong Lum v. Rice
o Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka
o Freedom Riders
o March on Washington
o 24th Amendment
Choose 8 events from the list below and add 2 more that you research on your own that took place anytime BEFORE 1954.
o Emancipation Proclamation
o NAACP
o Watts Riots
o Legal Defense Fund
o Plessy v. Ferguson
o Mary Miles
o Civil Rights Act
o Jennings v. Third Ave. Railroad
o Voting Rights Act
o King v. Gallagher
o Montgomery Bus Boycott
o Gong Lum v. Rice
o Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka
o Freedom Riders
o March on Washington
o 24th Amendment
Choose 8 events from the list below and add 2 more that you research on your own that took place anytime BEFORE 1954.
o Emancipation Proclamation
o NAACP
o Watts Riots
o Legal Defense Fund
o Plessy v. Ferguson
o Mary Miles
o Civil Rights Act
o Jennings v. Third Ave. Railroad
o Voting Rights Act
o King v. Gallagher
o Montgomery Bus Boycott
o Gong Lum v. Rice
o Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka
o Freedom Riders
o March on Washington
o 24th Amendment
Choose 8 events from the list below and add 2 more that you research on your own that took place anytime BEFORE 1954.
o Emancipation Proclamation
o NAACP
o Watts Riots
o Legal Defense Fund
o Plessy v. Ferguson
o Mary Miles
o Civil Rights Act
o Jennings v. Third Ave. Railroad
o Voting Rights Act
o King v. Gallagher
o Montgomery Bus Boycott
o Gong Lum v. Rice
o Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka
o Freedom Riders
o March on Washington
o 24th Amendment