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NewsHour Extra Lesson Plan: What is the Role of Civil Disobedience - PBS
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): civil rights (201)
In the Classroom
Encouraging students to think of disobedience (of any kind) as a positive force for change will delight some students and confuse and trouble others. Depending upon their age and their intellectual and moral development, teachers should be prepared for these varied reactions. Although there is brief mention in the lesson plan of Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war protestor, there is no discussion of other contemporary issues related to terrorism, freedom versus security, or privacy. Teachers should also be prepared to have these topics enter the discussion. The historical quotes would make good bulletin board fodder or discussion (either verbal or written) prompts. Maybe try one on your class blog!You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Virtual Freedom Shrine - National Exchange Club
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): bill of rights (31), constitution (93), presidents (135), speech (68), speeches (23)
In the Classroom
Have each student in your class research one of these documents or speeches. Challenge students to create a multi-media presentation: PowerPoint, blog, wiki, or video. Share these documents around Martin Luther King's birthday or President's Day.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Remembering Jim Crow - Minnesota Public Radio
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): africa (144), african american (110), black history (130), civil rights (201), racism (79), segregation (18)
In the Classroom
Try this one along with Martin Luther King, Black History, or American history activities. Share the images and audio on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students write captions for the pictures or a blog entry from the perspective of the individuals in the photos. A good blog tool to use is Telegra.ph, reviewed here. This blog creator requires no registration. With Telegra.ph have students click on an icon to upload related images, add YouTube or Vimeo, or X (formerly Twitter) links.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Martin Luther King Papers Project - Stanford University
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): 1960s (26), african american (110), black history (130), civil rights (201), holidays (185), martin luther king (45)
In the Classroom
Use this site for research about King. Share the videos on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students create their own videos about Martin Luther King, Jr.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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African Americans- Biography, Autobiography, and History - Yale University
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): africa (144), african american (110), civil rights (201), slavery (78)
In the Classroom
Use this site for research projects. Divide your class into cooperative learning groups and have each group research one of the five resources (and people) highlighted.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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March on Washington Lesson - PBS Newshour
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): african american (110), black history (130), civil rights (201), holidays (185), martin luther king (45)
In the Classroom
These lesson plans are ready to use and easy to follow! The extension activities offer some excellent higher order thinking questions. After sharing video footage with your students, why not project one of the extension activities on your interactive whiteboard or projector? Enhance learning by having students create a blog with Telegra.ph, reviewed here to answer the questions in the extension activities. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or X (formerly Twitter) links. This blog creator requires no registration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Martin Luther King, Jr. - Nobel Acceptance Speech - Nobel Foundation
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): african american (110), black history (130), civil rights (201), holidays (185), martin luther king (45)
In the Classroom
Since this speech (document) is so lengthy, why not break it down into several lessons. Alternatively, you could use the Cooperative Learning Jigsaw method (small groups), reviewed here, and either way, ask students to dissect the words of King. Have them answer what still holds true in the 21st century? What has changed?Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Citizen King - PBS Online
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): 1960s (26), africa (144), african american (110), black history (130), civil rights (201), martin luther king (45)
In the Classroom
Share the interactive videos clips and timelines on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Extend learning by using a tool such as playposit, reviewed here, where you can insert questions for students to discuss. Use this site for research about the civil rights movement or the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Then show your students how to embed media transforming their work into a multimedia presentation with a tool like Marq (was Lucidpress), reviewed here, or Canva, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Exploring the Power of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Words through Diamante Poetry - ReadWriteThink / NCTE
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): african american (110), black history (130), civil rights (201), holidays (185), martin luther king (45), poetry (192)
In the Classroom
This lesson plan is ready to go, includes interactive elements, and is even linked to national standards. English class and history class can team up on this lesson and discuss the poetry and history behind King's magical words.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Famous Quotes of Martin Luther King, Jr. - wikiquote
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): african american (110), black history (130), civil rights (201), holidays (185), martin luther king (45)
In the Classroom
Share these quotes with your students around Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The quotes can also be used throughout the month posted for reflection or read aloud. Have students rewrite the quotes in their own words.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Center - Harriet Beech Stowe Center
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Have students compare Harriet Beecher Stowe to a powerful woman (of their choice) of the 21st century. Challenge student pairs or small groups of students to create a wiki for the comparison of Harriet Beecher Stowe and the woman that they learned about from today. Not familiar with wikis? Check out the TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Causes, Conduct and Consequences of the U.S. Civil War - Univ. of Pennsylvania
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): civil war (138), lincoln (66), primary sources (116)
In the Classroom
Share this site with your students while researching the Civil War.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Monitor - Lincoln's Secret Weapon - Nova
Grades
5 to 12In the Classroom
Share the interactives on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Have students work in cooperative learning groups to try some of the science experiments at this site. Challenge students to create fictitious blog entries (written by Lincoln) about what they learn at this site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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This Day in the Civil War
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
At the beginning of a unit on the Civil War, introduce this site to your students on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Depending on the age of your students you could divide the menu topics up for small groups to report on, or you could take one topic and divide the information up for small groups of younger students to report on. After individuals and small groups have finished researching their topic, enhance student learning by having them use one of the multimedia tools listed here. Click the tool name to access the review: Genially, Microsoft PowerPoint Online, Animatron, Renderforest, and Canva Inforgraphic Maker.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Civil War Time-Line - A Nation Divided - The History Place
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site for research about the Civil War. Have cooperative learning groups research various battles of the Civil War. Or have students create their own interactive timelines using a tool such as Preceden, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The life of Abraham Lincoln - History Place
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): emancipation proclamation (12), gettysburg (15), gettysburg address (12), lincoln (66)
In the Classroom
Have students recreate their own "Lincoln timeline" highlighting one are of Lincoln's life and legacy. Have students work in cooperative learning groups to create interactive timelines using a tool such as Preceden, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Raising the Hunley
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site during an "Unsolved Mystery" units with gifted student. Share the photos and "tour the Hunley" using an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students investigate the Hunley in cooperative learning groups.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Abraham Lincoln Online - Abraham Lincoln Online
Grades
K to 12tag(s): lincoln (66)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of these ready to use classroom resources. There are lessons available for grades K-12. Use this site to share the speeches of the famous president. Have students dissect the words of one of the speeches, break it down into "today's language."Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lincoln, Douglass, and Black Emergence (Literature and Politics, 1840-1865) - Yale University
Grades
10 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site for research about the Civil War. Have students investigate the site independently and then create a multi-media presentation (of their choice) to share the topic they have researched.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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African-American Soldiers in the Civil War - Library of Congress
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): africa (144), african american (110), civil war (138), lincoln (66)
In the Classroom
The site could be the basis for dozens of lesson ideas, as well as an ideal starting point for a research paper. Have students view authentic letters from Abraham Lincoln on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Challenge students to write a letter (or a blog) in response to Lincoln's letter.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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