Civil Rights

Content Objectives

Students will:

• Learn about the concept of Civil Rights.
• Access prior knowledge and build background about the Civil Rights movement.
• Explore and apply the concept of civil rights.

Language Objectives

Students will:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the concept civil rights.
• Orally use words that describe the Civil Rights movement.
• Extend oral vocabulary by speaking about civil rights.
• Use key concept words [prejudice, civil rights, protest, boycott].

Other

Explain

• Use the slideshow to review the key concept words.
• Explain that students are going to learn about The Civil Rights movement: • What is prejudice.
• What are civil rights.
• What is the Civil Rights movement.
• Civil Rights leaders.

Model

• After the host introduces the slideshow, point to the photo on screen. Ask students: What is shown in this photo? (An African• American girl is drinking from a fountain that is labeled Colored.) Talk about a time when you were treated unfairly and how you felt. (answers will vary).
• Ask students: How does prejudice still exist today? (Many other kinds of people are facing prejudice because of their race or religion.)
• Say: During the 1950s and 60s in the United States, people were prejudiced towards African• Americans. This means that African• Americans were not treated fairly because of the color of their skin. Things were separated into "coloredâ€? and "whiteâ€?. However, a lot has changed since then. Why do you think people were prejudiced? (Sometimes people are scared or they don't understand other people.)

Guided Practice

• Guide students through the next three slides, showing them the Civil Rights movement. Always have the students describe why these people were brave.

Apply

• Play the games that follow. Have them discuss with their partner the different topics that appear during the Talk About It feature.
• After the first game, ask students to talk about which of these leaders they would like to be. After the second game, have them discuss why these rights are important.

Close

• Ask students: Would you stand up for what you believed in? Why or why not?
• Summarize for students that prejudice still exists today. In order for us all to live in harmony, we must try to understand and be respectful to each other. Encourage them to think about what they can do to stop prejudice.