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The Greensboro Lunch Counter and the Civil Rights Movement

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

The Greensboro Lunch Counter and the Civil Rights Movement

URL:

http://objectofhistory.org/objects/intro/lunchcounter/

Content Source:

Smithsonian

Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

In this lesson, students will gather information about the Greensboro Woolworth's Lunch Counter sit-in and how it helped change the Civil Rights Movement. Students create a virtual museum exhibit using the information they gathered. Additional links to resources are included.

Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 11
United States History II: The Industrial Revolution to the Present

14 ) Trace events of the modern Civil Rights Movement from post-World War II to 1970 that resulted in social and economic changes, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, the March on Washington, Freedom Rides, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, and the Selma-to-Montgomery March. (Alabama) [A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.f., A.1.i., A.1.j., A.1.k.]

• Tracing the federal government's involvement in the modern Civil Rights Movement, including the abolition of the poll tax, the nationalization of state militias, Brown versus Board of Education in 1954, the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Explaining contributions of individuals and groups to the modern Civil Rights Movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr.; James Meredith; Medgar Evers; Thurgood Marshall; the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); and the civil rights foot soldiers

• Appraising contributions of persons and events in Alabama that influenced the modern Civil Rights Movement, including Rosa Parks, Autherine Lucy, John Patterson, George C. Wallace, Vivian Malone Jones, Fred Shuttlesworth, the Children's March, and key local persons and events (Alabama)

• Describing the development of a Black Power movement, including the change in focus of the SNCC, the rise of Malcolm X, and Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panther movement

• Describing the economic impact of African-American entrepreneurs on the modern Civil Rights Movement, including S. B. Fuller and A. G. Gaston (Alabama)

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government

Course Title: United States History II: The Industrial Revolution to the Present

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Describe the differing approaches to achieving equal rights for African Americans in the United States, the government's involvement in with the movement, and major events of the movement.
Assess the impact of these efforts to achieve civil rights for African-Americans.

Teacher Vocabulary:

desegregation
poll taxes
civil rights
economic impact

Knowledge:

Students know:

Major events of the African-American Civil Rights Movement from the end of WWII through 1970.
The federal government's involvement in the modern Civil Rights Movement.
The contributions of individuals to the cause of civil rights for African-Americans.
Involvement and contributions of groups in the cause of civil rights for Africa Amiercans.
Differences among philosophies of the various organizations who were working for civil rights.
The lasting impact of the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media.
Evaluate an author's premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information related to historical events.
Read and comprehend historical texts independently and proficiently on various topics related to hitorical events.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

There were differing approaches to achieving equal rights for African Americans in the United States, the government's involvement in the movement, and impact of these efforts to achieve civil rights.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.11.14- Understand the purpose and goals of the civil rights movement from post-World War II to 1970; identify influential people, events, and outcomes of the civil rights movement.

Tags:

civil rights, integration, segregation, sitins

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Author:

Ginger Boyd

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The Greensboro Lunch Counter and the Civil Rights Movement