Class: United States History
Blue Days / Name:
Last Unit:
WWII / Current Unit:
Civil Rights / Next Unit:
50s and Cold War
The Big Idea: With courage and determination, ordinary people made our country a better place to live.
Date / Learning Activities / Essential Questions
W/2/21 / L-The causes and the course of the Civil Rights Movement. / What happened to motivate African Americans to stand up and fight against racism?
F/2/23 /
  • Reading and Activity Brown v. Board of Education and NAACP (1954)
/ Why was desegregating schools so important to African Americans in Achieving the American Dream?
T/2/27 /
  • L/A-Grassroots Movements
/ How did non-violent civil disobedience impact the lives of Americans?
TH/3/1- /
  • A-March on Washington/Civil Rights Act 1964
  • Terms Due in Schoology
/ How was the March on Washington a turning point in American History?
M/3/5 /
  • L-Selma Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • Civil Rights Hispanic
/ Why was the right to vote so important to the advancement of equal rights in America?
W/3/7 /
  • SC- Martin Luther King vs. Malcolm X
  • Term Quiz Schoology
/ Who’s Philosophy Made the most sense for America in the 1960s?
F/3/9 /
  • Unit Review
  • L-The Effects of the Civil Rights
/ What were the successes and failures of the Civil Rights Movement?
W/3/13 /
  • Unit Test
  • Notebook Due!
/ What impact did the Civil Rights Movement have on the U.S?
Terms: Define in Notebook and Know for Quiz
Read Chs. , pp.
People / Places / Events / Ideas
Martin Luther King Jr
Malcolm X
Jackie Robinson
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
Cesar Chavez
Dolores Huerta
Black Panthers
Medgar Evers
NAACP
SCLC
SNCC
AIM / Birmingham
Little Rock
Montgomery
Selma / Brown v Topeka
Montgomery Bus Boycott
24TH Amendment
Civil Rights Act 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
March on Washington
E.O. 9981 / De facto segregation
De jure segregation
Non-violent Civil Disobedience
Sit-ins (move to events)
Freedom Riders (move to people)
Jim Crow
State Standards:
In this unit, students will compare and contrast the role of the many different groups who took an active stance against discrimination in all parts of American society, including economic, political, and social injustice. Students will examine the social change that takes place as a result of community, executive, legislative and/or judicial actions that impact equality in everyday life in the United States.
Compelling Questions:
What were the most important choices made that advanced the United States towards greater equality? (Standard 1) Under what circumstances, if any, is civil disobedience justified? (Standard 2 In what ways were politics, economics, history, and geography obstacles to social change in the United States? (Standard 3)

L-lecture L/A-Lecture and Activity