Articles - 30: CIVIL RIGHTS TEXTS - BUNDLE - RL: Grade 4

This is a CIVIL RIGHTS Bundle!

30 CIVIL RIGHTS ARTICLES

• Each article builds on the last.
• As a class, students develop a shared understanding of the vocabulary and concepts of the Civil Rights Movement.

Create a Deep Understanding of a Complex Subject by Using:

1. HIGH-INTEREST and RELEVANT topics
2. a LOWER READING LEVEL with shorter sentences, simpler words, and lots of rich IMAGES

This is appropriate for students

• in grades 6–12
• reading at grade 5 or higher
• Lexile: 410L - 600L

Topics are appropriate for middle and high school students

When possible, new concepts and vocabulary are

1. introduced
2. explained
3. reinforced with examples and
4. a visual image showing what it looks like.

MAPS that show the

• strong beliefs of the people in states and regions
• location of people and places

122+ PRIMARY SOURCES

• 100+ images with historical context in the captions
• 1 private diary entry: President Johnson
• 4 government documents
• 3 newspaper clippings
• poll tax receipt
• note to Justice Warren re: Brown v the Board of Education
• reflections
• FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS

34 INFORMATIONAL NONFICTION ARTICLES

1. WORDS ARE POWERFUL
2. SLAVERY: THE BIG PICTURE
3. THE MARVELOUS MARY FIELDS
4. BASIC HISTORY OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH
5. CIVIL RIGHTS: PART ONE - Means Ending Segregation
6. PART TWO - Many Ways to Protest
7. THE GREENSBORO FOUR: SIT-IN AT WOOLWORTH
8. SCHOOLS BEFORE AND AFTER SEGREGATION
9. LITTLE ROCK NINE - FROM ELIZABETH ECKFORD'S POINT OF VIEW
10. 1877-1964--DAILY LIFE: LIVING WITH JIM CROW LAWS & THE DOMINO EFFECT
11. JUSTICE JANE
12. THE FREEDOM RIDES: PART ONE - Background
13. PART TWO - The Story
14. JOHN LEWIS: PART ONE - Growing Up
15. PART TWO - Making "Good Trouble"
16. WOMEN IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: PART ONE - Many Leaders
17. PART TWO - Septima Clark
18. PART THREE - Activist Sorority
19. THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON: PART ONE - Planning the March
20. PART TWO - The Morning Program
21. PART THREE - The Afternoon Program
22. PART FOUR - The Day of the March
23. PART FIVE - Goals
24. PART SIX - They Came by Bus, By Train, and By Plane
25. PART SEVEN - THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
26. VOTING RIGHTS: PART ONE - We All Have Them, Right??
27. PART TWO - Four Activists
28. PART THREE - THE SELMA TO MONTGOMERY MARCHES
29. PART FOUR - THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965
30. 1954-1968--THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: WHY IT WORKED

Articles are

• 1–6 pages long
• RESEARCH-BASED
• checked using 8 TEXT ANALYZERS
• Many PHOTOGRAPHS

A Separate PDF

Vocabulary and Discussion Guide

• Lists Possible Student Reactions

The articles include reading passages only.

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