Lesson 2: A Civil Rights Movement Overview

Introduction

Important Icon In this lesson, we will discuss what led to the Civil Rights Movement. Important Icon

 

Focus Questions:

What events made up the Civil Rights movement? 

Why did important Civil Rights figures think a change needed to be made?

Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement 

Hey There, Students!

Today, we will take a closer look at some events that led to the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s - 1960s. After the Civil War, slavery may have been abolished, but African Americans were not treated as white people. In fact, free did not mean equal! The southern states passed Jim Crow Laws to prevent African Americans from having the freedoms of white people.

  In your journal:  Print the notes page and complete it as you go through the slides. If you do not have access to a printer, another option is to draw/write your notes page in your social studies journal.

Civil Rights Introduction Notes Download Civil Rights Introduction Notes

View the slideshow below to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement.

In your journal: Throughout this unit, we will learn new words while adding to the key terms we have already learned. As you learn the words, draw a table in your social studies journal to keep up with the terms and definitions you learn with each new lesson. I have included what this may look like below.

Create a 2 column table to record vocabulary words. Write the word in left column and definition in the right column.

 Interactive

In your journal: Now, we will review some of the key terms you learned today. Add the following terms and definitions to the table in your journal. 

Time would soon tell just how important this time period and unrest was for equality for all!

   

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