Civil Rights Movement - Lesson, Timeline, and Notes

This Civil Rights Movement Lesson is the perfect activity to add to your social studies classroom! The lesson also includes a Civil Rights Timeline to help students understand the important events. It includes important people like Dr. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks and important events like the March on Washington during the Civil Rights Movement.

• The PowerPoint Lesson is visually engaging and includes many pictures, video links, and thought-provoking questions! I use it to teach my fifth graders about this concept, but it is appropriate for older students as well.
• This lesson includes 7 pages of guided notes that students can use to follow along while you teach. The Guided Notes come in both a printable and digital version for use with Google Classroom.

This Civil Rights Lesson Covers the Following Topics:

1. Jim Crow Laws

2. Brown vs. Board of Education

3. Little Rock Nine

4. Rosa Parks

5. Montgomery Bus Boycott

6. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

7. Passive Resistance

8. March on Washington

9. The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act

10. The 24th Amendment

11. Cesar Chavez

12. Assassinations of the 1960s (JFK, MLK, and Robert Kennedy)

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REVIEWS FROM OTHER TEACHERS:

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bonnie H. said, "I LOVED this product! A great introduction to the Civil Rights Movement for students. The coordinating notes page was great and helped keep students engaged. Will use again!"

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