Introduction
The American Civil Rights movement started in the mid-1950s. A major catalyst in the push for civil rights was in December 1955, when NAACP activist Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. Led by Martin Luther King Jr., this movement practiced non-violent methods of civil disobedience against racially discriminatory laws and practices. This is what we were always taught but who really made the first move in history to start this movement and how much do we really know about the leaders of the Civil Rights movement?
Task
Your assignment is to work in a group to perform research in order to produce a slide show and oral presentation about a historical figure who was a important leader to the start of the civil rights movement.
By the end of this lesson you and your group will be able to identify and discuss events in the lives of Civil rights activists during the start of the fight for Civil Rights.
Your group will give a presentation of your research to the class and your group will create a google slideshow to accompany your oral presentation.
Some significant figures that you may choose from are but not limited to:
Ralph David Abernathy, Sr Thurgood Marshall
Horace Julian Bond Rosa Parks
William Edward Burghardt DuBois (W.E.B. DuBois) Fannie Lou Hammer
James L. Farmer, Jr. Dorothy Height
Ida B. Wells Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Process
1. Your group assignment will be given out and you and your classmates will be split into four groups of four by the teacher. You will then make a group decision on what person your group chooses to research.
2. Once you begin group work you will choose what chapter of that persons life you wish to cover each student in the group will be given a chapter and and all chapters listed must be covered. Chapters are:
- Early Life
- Education
- Career
- Civil Rights Involvement
3. You will begin doing research on your topic and that chapter of the persons life. Some links you may find helpful are:
https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement
4. You will each create 4 google slides individually about that persons chapter of life you choose and have researched. You will email your slides to the classroom email separately from the group.
5. You must work as a group to create a cohesive slide slow. slides should be presented by the first chapter of life followed by 2,3, and 4.
Evaluation
Google Slides Presentation Rubric Student Name _______________________________ Group Number__________
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Required Elements |
The google slides include all required elements as well as additional information |
All required elements are included on the google slides. |
All but 1 of the required elements are included on the google slides |
Several required elements were missing |
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Graphics/image - Relevance |
All images are related to the topic and make it easier to understand |
All images are related to the topic and most make it easier to understand |
All images relate to the topic. |
Images do not relate to the topic. |
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Attractiveness/ Engaging |
The google slides are exceptionally engaging in terms of design, layout, and neatness |
The google slides are engaging in terms of design, layout, and neatness. |
The google slides are acceptably engaging though it may be a bit. messy. |
The google slides are distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not engaging. |
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Grammar |
There is no. grammatical/mechanical mistakes on the google slides. |
There are 1-2. grammatical/mechanical mistakes on the google slides. |
There are 3-4. grammatical/mechanical mistakes on the google slides. |
There are more than 4 grammatical/mechanical mistakes on the google slides. |
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Conclusion
You have had the chance to research the lives of some of the civil rights activists, hopefully you now had a better understanding and appreciation for the influence and change that these people chose to fight and protest for. All of this was done in the hopes of having the same equal rights as others.
Credits
The lesson plan for this WebQuest was prepared with information gained from the following sources:
https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement
Supplemental reading materials:
https://www.facinghistory.org/topics/race-us-history/civil-rights-movement
https://junior.scholastic.com/pages/content-hubs/the-civil-rights-movement.html
http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/explore/civil-rights-leaders/
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