Leader's of the Civil Right's Movement Research Project

Introduction

Choose a leader from the Civil Rights Movement; Ruby Bridges, Thurgood Marshall, or Rosa Parks. Using information from books, videos, or websites, answer questions about that person and develop a presentation to teach the class about the leader you chose.

Task

Leader’s Name: ______________________________________

1)      Why was there a need for a Civil Rights Movement? (What kinds of things were happening to African American’s during this time?)

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2)      Important Dates

Birthday- ____________________________

 

Date of Death (if applicable)- ___________________________

 

3)      Early Life

Where was he/she born? ________________________

 

Brothers or Sisters?  __________________________

 

Schooling? ___________________________________________________________________

 

Interesting Facts about early life? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______________________________________

 

Summary of leader’s contribution to Civil Rights Movement

What is he/she remembered for? How did their story make a change for the better?­­___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________­­­__

Process
Evaluation

Name __________________________

 

Presentation Rubric

 

All questions answered: _____/10

Voice(loud, clear): _____/2

Eye Contact/Body Language: ____/2

(not fidgeting, facing audience)

Neatness of Poster: ______/2

Participation in group: _____/2

Actively Listening to others: ____/2

 

Total _________/20   Grade______