Civil Rights Movement: A 5th grade integrated unit

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Civil Rights Movement A 5th grade integrated
unit
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INTRODUCTION

• 5th grade
• Integrated with language arts, fine arts,
  science, and math
• Addresses multicultural struggle for equal rights
• Past and present issues in society

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Essential Questions

• What rights should we be entitled to?
• What does discrimination look like?
• Makes a person or group embrace or fear another
  person or group different from themselves?
• What is the most effective way to overcome
  injustice?

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STATE STANDARDS

• Inquiry
• Political Events Leaders
• Key Individuals/Groups
• Interactions with Groups
• Rights Responsibilities
• Political Traditions, Ideas Practices

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NCSS STANDARDS

• Culture
• Time, Continuity, Change
• Individual Development Identity
• Individuals, Groups, Institutions
• Power, Authority, Governance
• Civic Ideals Practices

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ACTIVITIES
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TUNING IN

• Activity Mr. Lincolns Way by Patricia
  Polacco/Creating Birds
• Literacy Link Fiction Text Read Aloud
• Targeted Skill Identifying/recognizing
  differences as strengths
• Instructional Strategy Read-aloud with art
  connection

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PREPARING TO FIND OUT

• Activity Preparing Interviews
• Literacy Link Writing Interview Questions
• Targeted Skills Critical Thinking
• Instructional Strategy Collaborative Writing

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FINDING OUT

• Activity Interviewing
• Literacy Link Journal Writing
• Targeted Skills Asking relevant questions
• Instructional Strategy Interviewing

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SORTING OUT

• Activity Interviewee Biographies
• Literacy Link Essay Writing
• Targeted Skills Identifying multiple
  perspectives
• Instructional Strategy Narrative writing

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GOING FURTHER

• Activity Learning Centers
• Literacy Links Books, videos, music
• Targeted Skills Identifying multiple
  perspectives
• Instructional Strategies Scavenger hunt

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MAKING CONNECTIONS

• Activity Persuasive Essay/Debate
• Literacy Link Persuasive Writing
• Targeted Skills Identifying supporting evidence
• Instructional Strategy Essay writing/public
  speaking

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TAKING ACTION

• Activity Civil Rights Plan Rally
• Literacy Link Writing a Plan for Equal Rights
• Targeted Skills Comparing alternatives
• Instructional Strategy Dramatic oral presentation

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CUMULATIVE ASSESSMENT

• Tic-Tac-Toe Game
• To what extent was the Civil Rights Movement
  successful?
• Two different activities (student choice)
• Activities integrate with at least one other
  subject
• Multiple Intelligences

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Enduring Understandings

• A variety of economic, political, social, and
  ideological factors came together to cause the
  CRM in the US.
• CRM created new opportunities for some Americans,
  including some individuals and groups who
  historically had little freedom and opportunity,
  but was not necessarily embraced by all.

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Enduring Understandings, cont.

• CRM gave birth to new ways of life and thinking
  about what it means to be an American.
• While some see the history of CRM as a history of
  brave and outspoken individuals working for equal
  rights, others view it as the collective efforts
  of ordinary individuals.
• Today we continue to grapple with the legacy of
  the CRM, discrimination, and equal opportunities
  for all Americans.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Teacher Resources
• Fiction Books
• Non-Fiction Books
• Magazines
• Poetry Books
• Biographies