Ohio Social Studies Strands

Civil Rights Movement

Table of Contents

Section 1 – American Heritage

Section 2 – People in Society

Section 3 – World Interactions

Section 4 – Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

Section 5 – Democratic Process

Section 6 – Decision Making and Resources

Section 7 – Science, Technology and Society

Civil Rights Movement

Grade: 11th and 12th

Class: 20th Century AmericaUnit: Civil Rights Movement

Author: Amber Strawser

American HeritageActivity : Read King’s

“I have a Dream Speech” http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/

American HeritageIdentify Chamberlain’s argument in this article on Brown vs. Board of Ed. http://www.news.uiuc.edu/gentips/01/09edhist.html

American HeritageDiscuss how desegregation at Little Rock

Central High School changed the face of American Education.

http://www.sjbc.org/lr.htm

American HeritageRead some articles on the

Little Rock Desegregation and determine the views of

each.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/EDUCATION/09/26/central.45years.ap/http://www.ardemgaz.com/prev/central/wgaz01.htmlhttp://www.ardemgaz.com/prev/central/wop1757.htmlhttp://www.ardemgaz.com/prev/central/central0902a.html

American HeritagePretend you are a

modern day Rosa Parks.

What would the consequences be

today?

Why?

http://www.tsum.edu/museum/

People in SocietyView this website and think on how hate and prejudice could influence someone to kill someone solely based on their race.

http://www.maafa.org/

WarningThis sight is graphic and you should

find it offensive!

People in Society

Explore the Teaching Tolerance site and determine ways to combat prejudice.

http://www.tolerance.org/

People in SocietyTry to understand why people hate and where

they learn it.

http://stop-the-hate.org/

People in Society

Create your own anti-hate poster.

Here are some examples. http://www.stopthehate.net/gallerymain.htm

People in SocietyMake a list

of of ways

American Culture

has benefited from our African

American citizens.

http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/afroam.htm

World InteractionsCompare Apartheid with the situation in America prior to the civil rights movement.

http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html

World InteractionsLook at British statistics to see that America

is not the only nation with these racial problems.

http://www.ncrm.org.uk/deaths/index.html

World InteractionsLook at the Rwanda Civil War and write about what

would have happened had the US race relations advanced that far.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/war/rwanda.htm

World InteractionsRead the article “Technology vs. African

Americans” and decide if you agree. http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99jan/aftech.htm

World InteractionsImagine you are a black male. Do you feel

you will be treated as well as a white male when pulled over by a police officer?

http://archive.aclu.org/profiling/

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

Write a letter or send a form letter to a

government official to state

the way you feel about an issue. If you

don’t tell them they won’t

know.

http://archive.aclu.org/action/dwb107.html

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

Work in a group and decide your own policy on a civil right issue of your choice.

http://archive.aclu.org/issues/racial/hmre.html

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

Discuss the importance of being a registered voter.

http://www.fairvote.org/

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

If you are 18 decide if you will register to vote and if you are not 18 download forms

so that at 18 you may register easily.http://www.onlinedemocracy.com/

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

Develop a project that will help society and try to carry it out in your community.

http://www.darkecountyohio.com/http://www.darke.k12.oh.us/http://www.visitdarkecounty.org/http://www.electionsonthe.net/oh/darke/http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Ohio/Counties_and_Regions/Darke_County/

       

Democratic ProcessReturning to Little Rock, decide whether Governor Orval Faubus had the best interest

of the nation when he made his decision.

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/school-integration/lilrock/faubus.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAfaubus.htm

Democratic ProcessRead the constitution

and outline the rights granted

by the constitution

that were not given to African

Americans.

http://constitution.by.net/

Democratic ProcessWhat is a lobby and what do they do?

http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/g_three_sections_with_teasers/lobbyingdisc.htm

Democratic ProcessResearch and find a lobbyist group that fights

for civil rights.http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/index.asp

Democratic ProcessUnder the issue of profiling, useing the

Constitution and other important American papers, form an opinion on whether

profiling is constitutional. http://www.constitutionfacts.com/

Decision Making and Resourceshttp://archive.aclu.org/news/2000/n081500c.htmlhttp://archive.aclu.org/news/n120597a.htmlhttp://archive.aclu.org/news/n070996b.htmlhttp://archive.aclu.org/news/w020697c.html

Looking at the above litigation, is there equality in education?

Decision Making and ResourcesWhat are the benefits

to making school funding equal

across the board. As a group decide

how you would choose to use equal funding to provide equal education.

http://home.att.net/~pcbworks/TandI.html

Decision Making and ResourcesDoes affirmative action help African Americans

get jobs or is it just a quota system? Read these articles and decide for yourself.

http://archive.aclu.org/library/affirmative_action99.pdfhttp://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1996/sepoct/articles/against.html

Decision Making and ResourcesRead some statistics on how much it cost to live

and try to understand why minorities have a harder time getting the money to live.

http://www.juliannemalveaux.com/The_Cost_of_Credit.html

Decision Making and ResourcesThe economy is tight for all but more for

African American’s than anyone. In a group determine three ways to change this.

http://www.nul.org/soba2001/sobasurvey.html

Science, Technology and SocietyAlthough it is a bit juvenile it is neat, check

this site out an explore African American inventors.

http://www.invention-express.com/openFlash.html

Science, Technology and SocietyName as many African American scientist as

you can, then check this website out and see how few you knew.

http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html

Science, Technology and Society

This site on African American inventors is very full of pride. Do you think an

oppressed people take more pride in their achievements. Take your side and be

willing to debate. http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~rlandrum/

Science, Technology and SocietyBenjamin Banneker was

an inventor decades before he had rights, are

you surprised that his inventions were accepted and used by white men.

http://inventorsmuseum.com/benjamin_banneker.htm

Science, Technology and SocietyWe got many things from George Washington

Carver. Read his biography and identify the battles he had to fight to get where he was.http://inventorsmuseum.com/georgecarver.htm

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