摘要：

This unit will focus on the Civil Rights Era in the 1960's. Students will learn what the Civil Rights Movement was and how it changed the United States. By learning about the pivotal leaders of the movement, students will build their understanding and ability to evaluate the contributions of theses leaders in the movement and the social injustices they worked to bring awareness to and change. In the introductory lesson students will evaluate the effects of segregation. Through videos and photographs they will examine firsthand what the social injustices and prejudices looked like in the 1960's. During week one the class will analyze and evaluate the contributions of Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s contributions during the Civil Rights Movement. In week two students will understand, analyze, and evaluate how and why President John F. Kennedy and the United States became involved in supporting the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's. In week 3 the class will be introduced to Cesar Chavez. Students will explain how Cesar Chavez became a Civil Rights leader and apply that understanding to analyze and evaluate the impact of his Civil Rights work, while comparing it to the work of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. To finish the unit a final project will be assigned, which will give students the opportunity to choose how they would prefer to present their learning through a variety of student choice activities, in correlation with the project students will complete a biography research paper. Each student will present his or her project to the class. This project is an at home and school project, where students will create a presentation about one of the most inspiring Civil Rights leaders they learned about during the unit.

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