US History- Unit 7, Civil Rights Era

Essential Questions / Enduring Understandings / HSCEs / Assessments / District Resources
- How does (unresolved) social tension result in violence?
- How would you define/identify a minority?
-How did the civil rights movement advance the cause of minority groups? / - The quest for individual rights is never-ending.
- The discrimination of minorities results in tension within a society.
Key Terms & Vocabulary
-Civil rights,
-Integration,
-Brown V. Board,
-Civil Rights Act (1957 & 1964), -Voting rights act (1965),
-Little Rock desegregation,
-Montgomery Bus Boycott,
-March on Washington,
-Freedom Rides,
-N.A.A.C.P.,
-Southern Christian Leadership Conference,
-Ku Klux Klan,
-Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee,
-Nation of Islam,
-Black Panthers,
-Martin Luther King Jr.,
-Malcolm X,
-Birth control,
-National Organization for Women,
-Equal Rights Amendment,
-Detroit riots,
-Civil Liberties,
-Discrimination / 8.3 Civil Rights in the Post-WWII Era
Examine and analyze the Civil Rights Movement using key events, people, and organizations
8.3.1 Civil Rights Movement – Analyze the key events, ideals, documents, and organizations in the struggle for civil rights by African Americans including
• the impact of WWII and the Cold War (e.g., racial and gender integration of the military)
• Supreme Court decisions and governmental actions (e.g., Brown v. Board (1954), Civil Rights Act (1957), Little Rock schools desegregation, Civil Rights Act (1964), Voting Rights Act (1965))
• resistance to Civil Rights (National Geography Standard 6, p. 195) (National Geography Standard 10, p. 203)
-protest movements, organizations, and civil actions (e.g., integration of baseball, Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956), March on Washington (1963), freedom rides, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Nation of Islam, Black Panthers)
• resistance to Civil Rights (National Geography Standard 6, p. 195) (National Geography Standard 10, p. 203)
8.3.2 Ideals of the Civil Rights Movement – Compare and contrast the ideas in Martin Luther King’s March on Washington speech to the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the Seneca Falls Resolution, and the Gettysburg Address.
8.3.3 Women’s Rights – Analyze the causes and course of the women’s rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s (including role of population shifts, birth control, increasing number of women in the work force, National Organization for Women (NOW), and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)).
(National Geography Standard 10, p. 203)
8.3.4 Civil Rights Expanded – Evaluate the major accomplishments and setbacks in civil rights and liberties for American minorities over the 20th century including American Indians, Latinos/Latinas, new immigrants, people with disabilities, and gays and lesbians. (National Geography Standard 10, p. 203)
8.3.5 Tensions and Reactions to Poverty and Civil Rights – Analyze the causes and consequences of the civil unrest that occurred in American cities by comparing the civil unrest in Detroit with at least one other American city (e.g., Los Angeles, Cleveland, Chicago, Atlanta, Newark).
(National Geography Standard 12, p. 208) / Required:
Data Director
Title:
U.S. History Unit 7 – Civil Rights Era
ID:
6197
11 Multiple Choice
10 Vocabulary
1 Essay Question
1 Project – Civil Rights Museum Exhibit
Formative (spot check):
District: / Web Resources:
àCivil Rights timeline
http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/mlk/links.html
http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/travel/index.html
àCivil Rights Voices
http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/
http://www.time.com/time/newsfiles/civilrights/
àBrown VS. Board
http://brownvboard.org/summary/
Videos:
àDetroit Riot 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNo5MgX5I3U&feature=related
àObama Inauguration & The Civil Rights Movement
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/cb-4fgyjNti0M0WCsiC3L8MMeQrtvo2TzYI/a_moment_for_civil_rights/
àMLK “I Have a Dream” Speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk
àTimeline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC62HmApl0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4IolhhYNg4&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IjYhIM3SOQ&feature=related
àMalcolm X
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LukWzli19M&feature=player_embedded#
Lesson Plans:
àLittle Rock 9
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/little_rock/
àEmmet Till
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/tguide/index.html
àCivil Rights Movement
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/freeatlast/
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSCICivilRightsMovementWebProjectHS.htm

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