15.1 – Warmup and Introduction
What do you already know about the U.S. civil rights movement?
Thinking Ahead:
Look at the three photos and discuss the questions below as a class.
- How are the pictures similar, and how are they different? Briefly describe.
- When do you think these photos were taken? (In the last year? In the last 10 years? In the last 100 or more years?)
- What do you think the people in the pictures are doing? Briefly describe.
- How would you describe the people’s moods in these pictures? For example, are they happy, sad, or angry?
Info:
Photo #1 – “Black student Elizabeth Eckford is jeered by white student Hazel Bryan as she attempts to enter Little Rock Central High School.” [1957] Nine Black students were registered in this formerly all-white school for the first time.
Photo #2 – Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. [1963] Over 200,000 people marched to the United States capital city to fight for civil rights for all people living in the U.S.
Photo #3 – Montana suffragists campaign for votes for women in their state. [1914] Women could not vote in many U.S. states at this time.
Big Questions
In this chapter, we explore the history and impact of the civil rights movement in the United States. Be ready to review vocabulary words that are related to this topic, discuss your experiences and what you learned about the freedoms and changes that people fought for.
After completing Module 15, you will be able to answer the following questions:
Questions #1-2: How do individuals and communities build social movements to help change systems? What strategies do they use?
Question #3: How do different groups of people respond to changing systems, positively or negatively?
Before we begin, let’s look at our Historical Timeline:
Vocabulary Preview:
Open the Module 15 Vocabulary Notes and complete the worksheet during class.
