American Civil Rights
The aim of this lesson is to evaluate the contribution women have played to the Civil Rights Movement.
The title of the lesson is unsung heroes, which is apt as many women have previously been invisible or deliberately placed in the background, despite being key figures in the fight for civil rights for their roles as organisers, strategists and activists.
The lesson begins by considering why this has been the case with a heads and tails activity pointing to media and gender bias, historical narratives and internal patriarchy.
The main task of the lesson is to analyse eight key women and assess their impact and contribution to civil right: from Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Diane Nash, Jo Ann Robinson, Septima Clark, Georgia Gilmore, Angela Davis and Ruby Bridges. A further in depth analysis of Ella Baker at the Democratic National Convention of 1964 is also explored.
Students also have the opportunity for some differentiated extended writing to justify which of these hidden figures in the Civil Rights Movement in their opinion has made the most telling contribution.
The plenary is to answer a series of questions to discover a key word related to the learning from the lesson for women and civil rights.
The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning.
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