Birmingham Lesson Plans & Classroom Activities

The following were developed by teachers and students in Alabama:

Lesson Learned from The Watsons go to Birmingham
Writing activities and writing samples used with the book

Multimedia Timeline Activity
Designed to stimulate research and critical thinking skills

Civil Rights Elementary and Secondary Collaborative Project

Other:

Lesson explores the New York Times coverage of the 1963 Birmingham church bombing. (The New York Times Learning Network)
@ http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20010507monday.html?
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The trial of Bobby Frank Cherry, who was convicted of participating in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, is examined. Racial inequality is considered through the poetry of Langston Hughes. (The New York Times Learning Network)
@ http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20020513monday.html?
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The Civil Rights strife in Birmingham during 1962-1963 is examined through the use of primary sources. (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
@ http://www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/rights/rights3.html

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