Reading Lesson Plan: Civil Rights Movement

Goals and Objectives:

Goal: Students will understand the culmination of events that made a
difference and impacted the civil rights movement.
Objective: Through analyzing various key events, policies and court cases
students will learn about the Civil Rights movement and its significance.
California Content Standards:
11.10 Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights.
2. Examine and analyze the key events, policies, and court cases in the evolution of civil
rights, including Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education,
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, and California Proposition 209.

Common Core Literacy Standards:

CCSS.ELA. Literacy .RH.11-12
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes,
information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate term.

Driving Historical Question:

What events made it possible for every citizen to obtain civil right?

Lesson Introduction (Anticipatory Set/Hook/ Accessing Prior

Knowledge) | Time: 10 Minutes
For the lesson introduction, I will use a quick 6-minute video at the start of
class. The quick clip History of the Civil Rights Movement will expose
students to different cases and give them a visual of the actual movement. It
will start accessing their prior knowledge and pave the way to the key events
and court cases. Teacher will allow some time for students to reflect their
thoughts by asking if they had any questions or comments. Teacher will
guide a quick classroom discussion.

Vocabulary (Content Language Development) | Time: 7 Minutes

Students will be given a list of vocabulary words with a definition. Teacher
will address the words by asking students to highlight any key words that will
help them understand the definition. Students will also be encouraged to add

on the list any other words they did not understand. Teacher will give them
time to address the words or also review them.
Vocabulary words include but are not limited to Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, segregation,
boycott, discrimination, appeal, oppression, non-violence resistance, Civil Rights Act, Voting
Rights Act, Integration
Content Delivery (Method and Instruction) | Time:
For this lesson we will go over the key policies and court cases that led to the
evolution of the Civil Rights Movement. Students will need to complete a
Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer. Students will understand how each
important event or court policy will have a direct effect on the civil rights
movement. Teacher will demonstrate one example and will continue to do
the rest with their elbow partner.

Student Engagement (Critical Thinking & Student Activities) | Time:

25 Minutes
Students will engage in critical thinking by analyzing the cases and events
and the impact they had in the civil rights movement. The students will need
to closely read the text and find facts that will support the Cause section in
the graphic organizers. In order to complete their graphic organizer students
must reference their textbook, they will interpret how court cases such as
Brown v. Board of Education impacted all students in the United States and
how it is relevant till this day.

Lesson Closure:

For the lesson closure teacher, will review many of the court cases and will
comment on their effect. Teacher will ask will wrap up the lesson by quickly discussing how
cases such as The Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s were great breakthroughs. Not only did they
afford African-Americans legal rights that every American should have, they provided for
enforcement of some of the laws by the Federal government.
Assessments (Formative & Summative)
For this lesson the assessment will be formative. Students will still need to
turn in the graphic organizer for participation points upon completion. In
back of the organizer students will be asked to write a 2 paragraph reflection
explaining how these cases made a significant difference and how they
changed the lives of Americans.
Accommodations for English Learners, Striving Readers and
Students with Specials Needs
The Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer will help English Learners and will
also benefit the rest of the class as a great resource. Students will be able to
draw connection and understand how these cases and events impacted the
civil rights movement.

Resources:

U. S History Textbook
Civil Rights Movement Power Point presentation notes
Vocabulary Terms