Lesson Plans & Classroom Activities

Plans developed for this project:

Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
Developed by: Alabama: Focus on Civil Rights Educators

Civil Rights Technology Lesson

Civil Rights Memorial Service developed by Yosondra Irby, Tuscaloosa, AL.

To Kill a Mockingbird developed by: Mary Ruffin Moore, Central High School-West, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Civil Rights Scrapbook developed by: Mary Ruffin Moore, Central High School-West, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Lesson Plans from external sources:

Students explore the Civil Rights Movement in this introductory lesson. (The New York Times Learning Network)
@ http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20020118friday.html
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Lesson plan examines the murder of Emmett Till. (The New York Times Learning Network)
@ http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20021202monday.html?
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Site outlines a unit on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (AskERIC)
@ http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/USH0045.html

Lesson plans explores Jackie RobinsonÍs role as a Civil Rights leader. (NARA)
@ http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/jackie_robinson/
jackie_robinson.html

Lesson plan examines the struggle for voting rights in the state of Alabama. (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
@ http://www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/rights/rights5.html

Students examine the Civil Rights Movement through primary sources. (TeacherHelp)
@ http://www.teacherhelp.com/your_classroom/lesson_plans/lessonpln16.html

Lesson plan allows students to research the "ordianaryî people involved in the Civil Rights Movement (MarcoPolo)
@ http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=353