Civil Rights Movement

Bus that started civil rights movement

Last year Melissa Edwards and I blogged about resources for Black History Month. You can find her blog here, and my blog here. This year, I had a 4th grade teacher ask for resources for the Civil Rights Movement. Here are some of my favorites from what I found.

What is a Civil Right? This is from one of my favorite sites Wonderopolis. This wonder of the day talks about Dr. Martin Luther King, what a civil right is, and has vocabulary words to go with this lesson.

Freedom Songs. This is an extension lesson from the above wonder at Wonderopolis. There are vocabulary words, students can listen to the songs that were sung at lunch counters, and view artifacts from the Civil Rights movement.

Who Was Dr. Martin Luther King? This is another wonder of the day. Learn more about Dr. Martin Luther King and what he did for the Civil Rights movement. A cool science lesson to go with this wonder is Groups We Belong To. This talks about groups we were born into and groups that we can join.

Here is a list from EDSITEment on Black History Month Resources. By scrolling almost to the bottom of the page, you will find a list of Civil Rights lesson plans.

We are the Freedom Riders. This is a lesson plan from ArtsEdge. Find out what singing did for the people who were marching for Civil Rights.

We Shall Overcome. This is a listing of historic places of the Civil Rights Movement.

Here are other links for Civil Rights Museums and web pages for kids that you might find useful:

National Civil Rights Museum: http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/
International Civil Rights Center and Museum: http://www.sitinmovement.org/
Library of Congress Civil Rights Era: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
The Civil Rights Movement: http://faculty.smu.edu/dsimon/Change-Civ%20Rts.html
American Experience: http://pbskids.org/wayback/civilrights/
Civil Rights Movement: http://www.neok12.com/Civil-Rights-Movement.htm
Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmheroes1.html
The Civil Rights Movement for Kids: http://global.wisc.edu/peace/readings/cambridge-civil-rights-for-kids.pdf
LBJ for Kids: http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/lbjforkids/civil.shtm
Civil Rights Lesson Plans: http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/CivilRights.html
Civil Rights Timeline: http://www.factmonster.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
The Civil Rights Movement in American Literature: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/thismonth/civilrights/index1.html

Image: 'the bus that started the civil rights movement'  http://www.flickr.com/photos/91218927@N00/3888190955

What are you doing this month?

Did you know that netTrekker has groups of resources to go along with themes each month? You can find these Monthly Projects by looking in My Portfolio in netTrekker. Each registered user of netTrekker has their very own portfolio to store things in ... so if you don't have My Portfolio in the sidebar when you visit netTrekker, make sure you register using your school code and the teacher code.

Inside My Portfolio, look for a folder called Global: netTrekker portfolio. This is a collection of resources and projects from netTrekker users. In this portfolio, you can find a folder for Monthly Projects. Each month has its own folder containing project ideas and resources already pulled together for those projects. (There are also instructions on how to copy resources from that portfolio into your own portfolio.)

For the month of February, you can find resources and project ideas for:

• Black History Month
• Groundhog's Day
• Leap Year
• President's Day
• Valentines

Remember all the resources in netTrekker are teacher reviewed so they are safe for students ...

More Resources for Black History Month

Since February is Black History Month, I have some web resources that I would like to share.

A couple of days ago I wrote a blog on lesson plans and resources from Thinkfinity. The blog link is here.

NCWiseOwl has a list of Black History Month web sites for teachers and students to visit. 

LEARNNC has a list of lesson plans by NC Standard Course of Study. African-American History Guide.

Below is a list of websites for lessons, videos, timelines, and activities:

Time for Kids
Teacer Vision
Fact Monster
African American History Month (Library of Congress)
History.com Black History Month
Black History Month
Biography.com Black History Month
Scholastic Online Activities and Interactive Learning
Black History Month Livebinder by KB....Konnected
Black History Month Livebinder by MrsGutierrez
Social Studies, Black History Livebinder by laurarahaim

Here is a web page filled with more resources that Jerry Blumengarten (aka Cybrary Man) has created.

Original image created in Wordle.