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Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Later Years (1965-1968)

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Title:

Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Later Years (1965-1968)

URL:

https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/martin-luther-king-jr-the-later-years-1965-1968/uyGek3MpmmPtXC6J#r

Content Source:

Other
Smithsonian Learning Lab

Type:

Informational Material

Overview:

This collection includes photographs, documents, and objects to tell the story of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 6
United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present

9 ) Critique major social and cultural changes in the United States since World War II.

• Identifying key persons and events of the modern Civil Rights Movement

Examples: persons—Martin Luther King Jr.; Rosa Parks; Fred Shuttlesworth; John Lewis (Alabama)

events—Brown versus Board of Education, Montgomery Bus Boycott, student protests, Freedom Rides, Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March, political assassinations (Alabama)

• Describing the changing role of women in United States' society and how it affected the family unit

Examples: women in the workplace, latchkey children

• Recognizing the impact of music genres and artists on United States' culture since World War II

Examples: genres—protest songs; Motown, rock and roll, rap, folk, and country music

artists—Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Hank Williams (Alabama)

• Identifying the impact of media, including newspapers, AM and FM radio, television, twenty-four hour sports and news programming, talk radio, and Internet social networking, on United States' culture since World War II

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics, History, Civics and Government

Course Title: United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Explain how the use of boycotts and demonstrations led by various ethnic groups has resulted in social change in the United States.
Describe the changing role of women in the workplace and the impact on the family unit.
Describe the cultural effect of music genres, artists and media on influencing social practices and policies following World War II.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Brown vs. Board of Education
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Freedom Rides
Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March
Motown
AM/FM radio
protest songs
demonstrations
genre
political assassinations
latchkey children
Civil Rights Movement

Knowledge:

Students know:

The key figures involved in the Civil Rights Movement.
The major social and cultural changes that occurred in the United States post WWII.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Critique multiple points of view to explain the ideas and actions of individuals and ethnic groups to gain equality.
Cite evidence to support changes in social and cultural traditions using primary and secondary sources.
Evaluate the contribution of technology and mass methods of communication to influence people, places, ideas, and events.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

There were important the social and cultural changes that occurred in the U.S. after WWII.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.6.9- Define civil rights movement; identify key figures and events of the Civil Rights movement, including Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the 16^th Street Baptist Church bombing; identify culturally influential music from the post-World War II world including, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Jimi Hendrix.

Tags:

civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr

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Author:

Ginger Boyd

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Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Later Years (1965-1968)