This Black History Lesson Plan for US History students covers Black Power and more radical Civil Rights approaches, like those promoted by Malcolm X, the Black Panther Party and Stokely Carmichael. It is excellent for any African American studies unit or for use during Black History Month.
It is intended to be content-rich and ready-to-use for any teacher regardless of their prior experience with the content. This lesson is typically done during a 45-to-50min class period, though it can easily be lengthened or shortened for time purposes, as all files are fully editable.
Lesson Contains (in a downloadable .zip file):
- Daily Slides PowerPoint Presentation: Visually engaging slides for easy content delivery.
- Student Guided Notes (MS Word): Fill-in-the-blank style notes for active student participation.
- Teacher Guided Notes (MS Word): Fully completed answer key for easy reference.
- Multiple-Choice Quiz (Student Version) (MS Word): Six-question quiz for assessment, pre-test, exit slip, or review.
- Multiple-Choice Quiz (Teacher Version) (MS Word): Includes all correct answers for quick grading.
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Topics Covered:
- Black frustrations with slow progress and with the political establishment
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the 1964 Democratic National Convention)
- Rise of more radical ideas/approaches to civil rights, including Black Nationalism
- The Nation of Islam
- Malcolm X (early beliefs, break from Nation of Islam, assassination and legacy),
- The Black Power Movement
- Stokely Carmichael
- “Black is Beautiful” (definition, examples),
- Tommie Smith, John Carlos, and the 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute
- The Black Panther Party and Huey Newton
- Overall impacts of the Black Power Movemen, including influence on other activist groups
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Slides/Pages: 42 total (38 slides, 4 pages)
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Why Teachers Love This Resource:
- Extremely content-rich—provides all the details you need for an engaging class.
- Perfect for any teacher, regardless of experience.
- Substitute-friendly—comprehensive, no-prep materials included.
- Excellent for virtual learning—fully compatible with digital platforms.
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Purchase of this product grants the buyer a single license for personal classroom use only. It may not be resold, distributed, or posted online in whole or in part without prior written permission.
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It is intended to be complete, inclusive, and ready-to-use for any teacher regardless of their prior experience with the content. The unit is **extremely content-rich** and could easily be extended beyond 15 days if a teacher chooses to do so. **Bundle Contains (in downloadable .zip files):** * ***Daily Lesson Files (to be used during Days 1-13):*** - Each daily lesson .zip file includes a PowerPoint presentation, student guided notes, and a multiple-choice quiz. Keys are included. - Each lesson is ready-to-use with no prep required. All answer keys are included. * ***Review & Test Files (to be used during Days 14-15):*** - Unit Study Guide and Scavenger Hunt Review Activity for interactive student engagement. - Unit Test with 20 multiple-choice questions, many of which include documents or visuals. - Full Unit Question Bank containing 47 multiple-choice questions (for test customization). - All answer keys are included for easy and efficient grading. . **Topics Covered By Lesson Include:** * ***Civil Rights - African Americans - Early Black Activism (1940s-1957)*** - Problems faced by Blacks in the Jim Crow South, social activism, NAACP, direct action by Blacks, Black activists in the 1940s, victims/impacts of 1950s racial violence (ex: Emmett Till), Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., SCLC * ***Civil Rights - African Americans - Desegregating Public Schools (1954-1963)*** - Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall, Southern Manifesto, the Little Rock Nine, New Orleans School Crisis, Ruby Bridges, the Ole Miss Riots, James Meredith, “The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door”, JFK speech on Civil Rights * ***Civil Rights – African Americans - Becoming a Nationwide Movement (1958-1964)*** - Direct action, Greensboro Four, sit-in movement, student movement, Diane Nash, John Lewis, SNCC, the Freedom Rides, the Birmingham Campaign, Bull Connor, MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail, the Children’s Crusade, March on Washington, “I Have a Dream”, Civil Rights Act of 1964 * ***Civil Rights – African Americans - Fighting for Voting Rights (1961-1965)*** - Disenfranchisement of Blacks, “Dixiecrats”, poll taxes, literacy tests, Bob Moses, Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi Freedom Vote, 24th Amendment, Mississippi Freedom Summer, Amelia Boynton, the Selma marches, “Bloody Sunday”, Voting Rights Act of 1965 * ***Civil Rights – African Americans - Fighting for Economic Opportunity (1963-1968)*** - Economic problems faced by Blacks, March on Washington, “War on Poverty”, Chicago Freedom Movement, Kerner Commission, Poor People’s Campaign, Memphis Sanitation Strike, MLK assassination, Civil Rights Act of 1968, Poor People’s March on Washington * ***Civil Rights – African Americans - The Black Power Movement (1960s-1970s)*** - Black frustrations with slow progress, rise of more radical approaches, Black Nationalism, Nation of Islam, Malcolm X, the Black Power Movement, 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute, Black Panther Party, overall impacts of Black Power * ***Civil Rights – Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) movements (1960s-1970s)*** - Understanding terminology, AAPI history in 1800s-early 1900s, increased AAPI activism in 1960s-1970s, Japanese American activism, Chinese American activism, Filipino American activism, Native Hawaiian activism, significance of AAPI movements * ***Civil Rights – Hispanic, Latino and Chicano movements (1960s-1970s)*** - Understanding terminology, pre-1960s activism, increased activism in Civil Rights era, farm worker movement, Chicano activism, stateside Puerto Rican activism, Cuban American activism, impacts of Hispanic, Latino & Chicano activism * ***Civil Rights – American Indian / Native American movements (1960s-1970s)*** - Understanding terminology, problems faced prior to 1940s, Termination Era, early Native American activism, increased activism in Civil Rights era, Fish Wars, Red Power Movement, American Indian Movement, impacts of Native American activism * ***Civil Rights – Women’s Liberation (Feminist) movement in the 1960s*** - Challenges faced by women in the 1950s, Betty Friedan, rise of women’s liberation movement, understanding terminology, NOW), protesting employment discrimination, fighting for reproductive rights (Griswold v. Connecticut), radicalization in late 1960s * ***Civil Rights – Women’s Liberation (Feminist) movement in the 1970s*** - Gloria Steinem, Billie Jean King, increased political participation, Shirley Chisholm, educational & economic opportunities (Title IX), reproductive rights (Roe v. Wade & Dobbs v. Jackson), Equal Rights Amendment, impacts of women’s liberation in the 1970s * ***Civil Rights – Gay Liberation and LGBTQ activism (1960s-1970s)*** - Understanding terminology, Lavender Scare, LGBTQ activism in early-mid 1960s (sip-in movement), Stonewall Riots, increased LGBTQ activism (Gay Liberation, Pride), political progress (Harvey Milk), setbacks for LGBTQ rights in 1970s, continued struggle & 21st century progress * ***Civil Rights – Rights of the Accused – Key Supreme Court Decisions (1960s)*** - Role of Supreme Court in civil rights, *Mapp v. Ohio* (exclusionary rule), *Gideon v. Wainwright* (establishment of public defenders),* Brady v. Maryland* (exculpatory evidence), *Miranda v. Arizona* (the Miranda warning), *Katz v. United States* (reasonable expectations of privacy) combined impact of these decisions . **Slides/Pages: 575 total (481 slides, 94 pages)** . **Why Teachers Love This Resource:** - Huge savings — by purchasing this unit bundle, you save **50%** compared to buying each individual component. - Comprehensive, No-Prep Unit—everything you need in terms of content for an entire unit of instruction. - Ready-to-use materials—perfect for any teacher, experienced or new. - Great for substitutes—all the materials are pre-formatted with answer keys provided. - Ideal for virtual classrooms—easily adaptable for online teaching platforms. . **51/Usage Statement:** This digital resource is my intellectual property, and all rights are reserved. Purchase of this product grants the buyer a single license for personal classroom use only. It may not be resold, distributed, or posted online in whole or in part without prior written permission.
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Black History | Civil Rights Movement Unit | 8-Day Bundle | US History Lessons, Review, Test, Keys Included
This **Black History Unit Lesson Plan** for **US History** covers the **Civil Rights Movement from the 1940s through the 1970s**, including important figures like **Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, and Malcolm X** and events such as ***Brown v. Board of Education*, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, The March on Washington**, and the **Black Power movement**. Days 1-6 consist of individual **thematic** one-day lessons, Day 7 consists of a unit review, and Day 8 consists of a unit assessment. It is an outstanding inclusion in any African American studies unit or as a way to celebrate Black History Month. This unit is intended to be ready-to-use for any teacher regardless of their prior experience with the content. All student documents are pre-formatted for immediate classroom use, and all answer keys are provided. It is a very content-rich unit, and could easily be extended beyond 8 days if a teacher chooses to do so. **Bundle Contains (in downloadable .zip files):** * ***Daily Lesson Files (to be used during Days 1-7):*** - Each daily lesson .zip file includes a PowerPoint presentation, student guided notes, and a multiple-choice quiz. Keys are included. - Each lesson is ready-to-use with no prep required. All answer keys are included. * ***Review & Test Files (to be used during Days 8-9):*** - Unit Study Guide and Scavenger Hunt Review Activity for interactive student engagement. - Unit Test with 20 multiple-choice questions, many of which include documents or visuals. - Full Unit Question Bank containing 47 multiple-choice questions (for test customization). - All answer keys are included for easy and efficient grading. . **Topics Covered By Lesson Include:** * ***Civil Rights - 1940s and 1950s: Early Black Activism, Rosa Parks, Montgomery Bus Boycott, MLK and More (1940s-1957)*** - Problems faced by Blacks in the Jim Crow South, NAACP, prominent Black activists in the 1940s (James Farmer, A. Philip Randolph), 1950s racial violence (Harry and Harriette Moore, Emmett Till), Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference * ***Civil Rights – Desegregating Public Schools: Brown v Board, Little Rock 9 (1954-1963)*** - Plessy v. Ferguson/separate but equal, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS, Thurgood Marshall, South’s reaction to Brown v. Board, the Little Rock Nine/Little Rock Crisis, New Orleans School Crisis and Ruby Bridges, the Ole Miss Riots, James Meredith, “The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door” President Kennedy’s speech on Civil Rights and introduction of civil rights bill * ***Civil Rights - 1960s to March on Washington: Becoming a Nationwide Movement (1958-1964)*** - Direct action, sit-ins, the Greensboro Four, the sit-in movement, rise of the Black student movement, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Freedom Rides, Birmingham Campaign and Bull Connor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, the March on Washington, Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” the Civil Rights Act of 1964 * ***Civil Rights - Fighting for Voting Rights in the 1960s (1961-1965)*** - Disenfranchisement of Blacks in the South, “Dixiecrats”, poll taxes, literacy tests, Bob Moses, Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi Freedom Vote, 24th Amendment, Mississippi Freedom Summer, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Amelia Boynton, the Selma Voting Rights campaign, the Selma-to-Montgomery Marches, “Bloody Sunday” Voting Rights Act of 1965 * ***Civil Rights - 1960s Poverty: Fighting for Economic Opportunity (1963-1968)*** - Economic problems faced by Blacks, March on Washington, “War on Poverty”, Economic Opportunity Act of 1964), Chicago Freedom Movement, “Two Americas”, Poor People’s Campaign, Memphis Sanitation Strike, assassination of MLK, Civil Rights Act of 1968, Poor People’s March on Washington * ***Civil Rights - The Black Power Movement (1960s-1970s, emphasis on mid-late 1960s)*** - Black frustrations with slow progress, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Black Nationalism, the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X, militant self-defense, the Black Power Movement, Stokely Carmichael, “Black is Beautiful”, 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute, Huey Newton, the Black Panther Party . **Slides/Pages: 329 total (273 slides, 56 pages)** . **Why Teachers Love This Resource:** - Huge savings — by purchasing this unit bundle, you save **over 40%** compared to buying each individual component. Comprehensive, No-Prep Unit—everything you need in terms of content for an entire unit of instruction. - Ready-to-use materials—perfect for any teacher, experienced or new. - Great for substitutes—all the materials are pre-formatted with answer keys provided. - Ideal for virtual classrooms—easily adaptable for online teaching platforms. . **51/Usage Statement:** This digital resource is my intellectual property, and all rights are reserved. Purchase of this product grants the buyer a single license for personal classroom use only. It may not be resold, distributed, or posted online in whole or in part without prior written permission.
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