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8 Grade Social Studies Civil Rights Unit Information th 8 Grade Social Studies Civil Rights Unit Information Milestones Domain/Weight: History 47% Content Map: Civil Rights Content Map Milestones Civil Rights Study/Resource Guide Civil Rights Teacher Notes Prerequisites: Civil Rights Elementary Standards Unit Length: Approximately 12 days Click on the links below for resources by Essential Question: EQ 1: How did political events during the 1940s and 1950s fuel unrest in Georgia? EQ 2: How did influential people help ignite the Civil Rights Movement? EQ 3: How did national and political events influence the Civil Rights Movement, its outcome, and Georgia? The Modern Civil Rights Movement Review – this is a pdf document of a ppt reviewing all of the concepts of the unit from: Sample Civil Rights Movement Menu Project TCSS 8th SS Civil Rights Unit Essential Question and Vocabulary Resources [Back to Top] Assessment Standard(s) . Civil Rights Placemat Brainstorming – Put students . SS8H11a. Sample 1. How did political events Essential* in groups of 2-3 and give each group a Civil Rights Assessment Items during the 1940s and 1950s Ellis Arnall “placemat”. The groups should brainstorm and fuel unrest in Georgia? White Primary record responses to the questions about the Civil Herman Talmadge Rights Movement Standard: 1956 State Flag . Political Events Causing Unrest in Georgia ppt 1946 Governor’s Race . Civil Rights Movement Overview – select one of the SS8H11a. Describe major two videos to show as a short activator to the entire Supplemental** developments in civil rights Platform unit. The first video is more engaging in a sense, and Georgia’s role during the Abdicate but the second video has more information 1940s and 1950s; include the Censured o Civil Rights Movement Overview [4:20] roles of Herman Talmadge, Desegregation o History of the Civil Rights Movement [5:52] Benjamin Mays, the 1946 Segregationist . White Primary Document Analysis governor’s race and the end Primus E. King . Unrest in Georgia During the Civil Rights Movement of the white primary, Brown v. Melvin Thompson Graphic Organizer Board of Education, Martin One-Party State . 1946 Governor’s Race (Three Governors Luther King, Jr., and the 1956 Denmark Groover Controversy) Eugene Talmadge state flag. o Three Governors Controversy Part I – the Confederate Battle Flag King v. Chapman et al. video does not play well when embedded in Dr. Thomas Brewer the ppt. You may want to download the Democratic Primary video to your computer or just open from Lieutenant Governor here. With a partner, students will discuss Progressive Reform the problem. Once discussed briefly with the Anti-Talmadge Democrats class, the students will write down a brief Gubernatorial Campaign summary on their graphic organizer “Three Governor’s Controversy” o Three Governors Controversy Part II – the video does not play well when embedded in *Essential Vocabulary listed in the the ppt. You may want to download the Standards video to your computer or just open from here. **Supplemental Vocabulary listed o Optional video with comments from each of in the state frameworks and/or the contenders - Governor Feud in Georgia other state document [3:02] . 1946 Governor’s Race Review . Unrest in Georgia During the Civil Rights Movement Summarizer TCSS 2/9/2016 2 TCSS 8th SS Civil Rights Unit Essential Question and Vocabulary Resources [Back to Top] Assessment Standard(s) . Activator – On the first slide of the ppt, students are . 2. How did influential people Essential* asked to discuss what they know about Benjamin Mays, help ignite the Civil Rights Benjamin Mays Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Allow students to Movement? Martin Luther King, Jr. work with a partner. They may not know about Benjamin Mays, but the students learned about Gandhi in 7th grade Supplemental** social studies and all students should know enough about Standards: NAACP Martin Luther King, Jr. to make some comparisons. YMCA Additional resource: Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Mentor SS8H11a. Describe major Advocate Comparison developments in civil rights Mahatma Gandhi . Influential People of the Civil Rights ppt – please note and Georgia’s role during the Morehouse College that the information provided in this ppt is an overview of 1940s and 1950s; include Nobel Peace Prize topics. Topics such as the Albany Movement and the the roles of Herman “Nonviolent Protest” March on Washington will be covered in more depth Talmadge, Benjamin Mays, Montgomery Bus Boycott during the next lesson the 1946 governor’s race and Southern Christian Leadership . Influential People of the Civil Rights Movement Graphic then end of the white Conference Organizer – the students do not have to know the specific primary, Brown v. Board of dates of the events just a general sense of when they Education, Martin Luther *Essential Vocabulary listed in occurred King, Jr., and the 1956 state the Standards . Writing Prompt page 98 of Georgia Experience workbook: flag. How did Benjamin Mays influence Martin Luther King, **Supplemental Vocabulary Jr.? Write a fictitious letter from Dr. Martin Luther King, listed in the state frameworks Jr., to Benjamin Mays, thanking him for his tutelage and/or other state document (instruction) and describing his plans to follow his guidance as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Videos o Benjamin Elijah Mays [12:59 linked in ppt] o The Montgomery Bus Boycott [1:55 linked in ppt] o Martin Luther King, Jr. Mini Bio [4:47 linked in ppt] o Voices of the Civil Rights Movement [5:17] TCSS 2/9/2016 3 TCSS 8th SS Civil Rights Unit Essential Question and Vocabulary Resources [Back to Top] Assessment Standard(s) . Events that Influenced the Civil Rights . SS8H11a. Sample 3. How did national and Essential* Movement ppt Assessment Items political events influence the Desegregation Hamilton Holmes . Events that Influenced the Civil Rights . SS8H11b. Sample Civil Rights Movement, its Sibley Commission Charlayne Hunter Movement Chart Assessment Items outcome, and Georgia? March on Washington Maynard Jackson . Examining the Civil Rights Acts – this . SS8H11c. Sample University of Georgia Andrew Young examination of primary source documents is Assessment Items Standards: Albany Movement intended to give students a brief examination Civil Rights Act of 1964 SS8H11a. Describe major Brown v. Board of Education of the Civil Rights Acts before giving them developments in civil rights Student Non-Violent Coordinating the general information. This task may be and Georgia’s role during the Committee (SNCC) given individually, in small groups, or as a 1940s and 1950s; include the jigsaw. roles of Herman Talmadge, Supplemental** . Events that Influenced the Civil Rights Benjamin Mays, the 1946 Unconstitutional Null and Void Movement Review governor’s race and then end “All Deliberate Speed” Sit-ins . Events that Influenced the Civil Rights of the white primary, Brown v. Freedom Rides Freedom Summer Movement Summarizer Board of Education, Martin Federal Mandates John Sibley . Videos Luther King, Jr., and the 1956 “Massive Resistance” Laurie Pritchett o Brown v. Board of Education – select state flag. Gov. Ernest Vandiver Bo Callaway one of the videos Citizenship Schools SS8H11b. Analyze the role President Lyndon B. Johnson . Brown: A Landmark Case Georgia and prominent Voting Rights Act of 1965 [6:56 linked in ppt] Georgians played in the Civil “I Have a Dream” Speech . Brown v. Board of Education Rights Movement of the 1960s Help Our Public Education (HOPE) in PBS’ The Supreme Court and 1970s; include such Reapportionment Election [4:53 linked in ppt] events as the founding of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International o Desegregation of UGA Student Non-Violent Airport . https://www.youtube.com/wat Coordinating Committee ch?v=QBo9Jrm2Y9g [23 secs (SNCC), Sibley Commission, *Essential Vocabulary listed in the linked in ppt] admission of Hamilton Holmes Standards . http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibit and Charlayne Hunter to the s/show/activism/education- University of Georgia, Albany **Supplemental Vocabulary listed in the activism/university- Movement, March on state frameworks and/or other state desegregation [1:45 linked in Washington Civil Rights Act, document ppt - students debating the the election of Maynard desegregation of UGA] Jackson as mayor of Atlanta, . Dr. Clark's interview on the and the role of Lester Maddox. admittance of Charlayne SS8H11c. Discuss the impact Hunter into UGA: [5:54] of Andrew Young on Georgia. https://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=6f0B1H32FFY TCSS 2/9/2016 4 TCSS 8th SS Civil Rights Unit Essential Question and Vocabulary Resources [Back to Top] Assessment Standard(s) o Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) . CNN: SNCC’s legacy: A civil rights history [5:56 linked in ppt] o Albany Movement – All of the videos are not necessary. Select one to two videos to show . http://www.myfoxal.com/story/ 16047367/recalling-the- hisotry-of-the-albany- movement [8:17] . https://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=F7dGWAY2AcM [3:44] . http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibit s/show/activism/movements/a lbany-movement Various clips about the Albany Movement that range from 1 minute to 8 minutes o March on Washington . History Specials: King Leads the March on Washington [3:21 linked in ppt] . “I Have a Dream” Speech shortened with words and music [3:41 linked in ppt] . Martin Luther King “I Have a Dream” Full Speech [17:28] o Georgia Capitol Tour Lester Maddox [2:10 linked in ppt] o Maynard Jackson – select one of the following if needed . Maynard Jackson [7:03 cuts off suddenly but provides information directly from Jackson] . A Tribute to Maynard Jackson TCSS 2/9/2016 5 TCSS 8th SS Civil Rights Unit Essential Question and Vocabulary Resources [Back to Top] Assessment Standard(s) [9:26 focuses on the airport] . Other Resources: o Interactive Timeline of Civil Rights o Brown v. Board: An American Legacy Article from Teaching Tolerance TCSS 2/9/2016 6 .
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