Content Summary

This lesson introduces students to the Civil Rights Movement, with a focus on the contributions of children and families alongside major leaders. Students will examine speeches, photographs, and diary excerpts to compare multiple perspectives. They will consider how people of different ages, races, and roles contributed to social change.
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• Library of Congress. (n.d.). Civil Rights Movement Primary Sources. https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/civil-rights-movement/
  
  
• National Archives. (n.d.). Civil Rights Records. https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/guide/civil-rights
  
  
• King, M. L. Jr. (1963). “I Have a Dream” Speech. https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety
  
  
• Learning for Justice. (n.d.). Civil Rights Lessons. https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/lessons
  
  

Objectives

Analyze

primary and secondary sources to identify perspectives from the Civil Rights Movement.​

Compare

experiences of children and adults during the 1960s protests.​

Construct

and support claims about the importance of civic participation.​

Reflect

on how individual voices, including their own, can bring about social change.​

Jacquelyn Rigsby
University of central Florida
​9/28/2025