Introduction
The purpose of this activity is to give you a sampling of some of the aspects of Civil Rights . The websites have been carefully chosen to interest you and the questions challenge you to make a personal commitment to what you like, believe, or feel. Good luck and have fun learning about Civil Rights!The following links come from all over the Internet and represent a variety of viewpoints. You may answer the questions alone or by working in a group. You may complete all or only some of the activities depending on your goals.
Task
What are three main aspects of this topic? How would you chunk what you learned into clusters or a brainstorm map?
Process
•Personal stories of the Civil Rights Movement
This is an interactive site featuring a collection of oral histories and personal stories of the Civil Rights Movement.
http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/ •Civil Rights Movement Heroes
A site with the key leaders and heroes of the Civil Rights Movement like Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Little Rock Nine. This site includes pictures of the people and descriptions of their impact on the civil rights movement.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmheroes1.html •A Historical Introduction, The Civil Rights Era, Part 1
View photographs of the Civil Rights Era. This site includes key leaders, black sport heroes of the era, jazz musicians, and new policies that emerged in the United States.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html•Civil Rights Timeline
Here you will find a timeline of the events that happened during the civil rights era. Detailed information of each event can be found here. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
Evaluation
Students will be evaluated based on initial group brainstorm, group interpretation of the Miranda rights, participation in class discussions, and thorough and thoughtful group interview of someone in the legal field regarding the issues discussed in class.
Conclusion
While exploring this sampler on Civil Rights, we hope you had fun, learned, and most importantly connected with some part of this topic. If you did not, please go back and explore some other links and look deeper inside yourself. Be prepared to explain how you feel more interested in or connected to the topic now than before you tried this sampler.