Printer-friendly versionIn this lesson, students will work from core readings and then apply creative and critical thinking skills to design a monument for one of these later movements.
Additional Resources
- Viva La Causa, available for free from Teaching Tolerance, shows how thousands of people helped win justice for some of the most exploited people in the United States – farm workers who put food on our tables.
- Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching is an excellent resource, providing K-12 educators with lessons and articles that go beyond a heroes approach to the Civil Rights Movement.
- This lesson draws from Alternative Discussion Formats, available online for free through the University of North Carolina School of Education.
Standards
Civics (Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
Standard 27. Understands how certain character traits enhance citizens' ability to fulfill personal and civic responsibilities
Standard 28. Understands how participation in civic and political life can help citizens attain individual and public goals
ESL (Grades 4-8 only)
Goal 2, Standard 1: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use English to interact in the classroom
Goal 2, Standard 2: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use English to obtain, process, construct, and provide subject matter information in spoken and written form
Language Arts (Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
Standard 1. Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process
Standard 7. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts
Standard 8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes
U.S. History (Grades 5-6, 7-8, 9-12)
Standard 29. Understands the struggle for racial and gender equality and for the extension of civil liberties
Visual Arts (Grades K-4, 5-8, 9-12)
Standard 3. Knows a range of subject matter, symbols, and potential ideas in the visual arts
