As one of the most commonly taught stories of people’s struggles for social justice, the Civil Rights Movement has the capacity to help students develop a critical analysis of United States history and strategies for change. However, the empowering potential is often lost in a trivial pursuit of names and dates. Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching, published by Teaching for Change and PRRAC, provides lessons and articles for K-12 educators on how to go beyond a heroes approach to the Civil Rights Movement.

The book includes interactive and interdisciplinary lessons, readings, writings, photographs, graphics, and interviews, with sections on education, labor, citizenship, culture, and reflections on teaching about the Civil Rights Movement.

Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching won the 2004 Philip C. Chinn Multicultural Book Award, by the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) and Honorable Mention in the 2004 Myers Outstanding Book Awards, sponsored by the Gustavus Myers Center. Click on the cover image to order your copy of this award-winning resource guide today!

What's New!

The National Visionary Leadership Project has created a lesson plan on the Civil Rights Movement: Integrating with All Deliberate Speed. This free comprehensive multimedia unit includes video clips, a timeline, photographs, historical documents and other primary resources. For a list of other online resources visit our links page. Visit our resources section to learn more about the following books: The Legacy of Freedom by Sandra Adickes, Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour, by Peniel Joseph, and Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia, by Mathew Countryman. The Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project has created a website in collaboration with the University of Washington and local civil rights activists. The website, www.civilrights.washington.edu, features oral histories, primary source documents, photographs and research reports. Engage and inspire your middle school students through critical analysis, role-plays, simulations, drama and oral histories.Take a look into Deena Barlev's course on the American Civil Rights Movement, which has gotten so popular that over a hundred students enrolled for this elective course.

 

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