5SSCivilRights

=Civil Rights =

Quick Activities and Games
Martin Luther King Timeline and Quiz http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/king.htm Click the "Take our Quiz" link and print the quiz. Then click the "Starts Here" link to view the timeline. Integrating Central High http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/index.htm Read the story of Melba Pattillo, one of nine teenagers who were the first African-American students to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Test your knowledge of Dr. Martin Luther King! http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/classroom/MLKquiz.html Test your knowledge with this interactive quiz

History Mystery- Civil Rights Movement Try to solve the mystery with the fewest clues! http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=2

Historic Civil Rights Places Explore historic Civil Rights places with this interactive map http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/mainmap.htm

Lessons- Internet
Upclose with Rosa Parks http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm "The Mother of the Modern-day Civil Rights Movement," describes her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and helps students understand the importance of every individual citizen in a democracy.

Lessons- Technology
Kid Pix: Martin Luther King Timeline <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/02/lp248-03.shtml <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students research the life of Martin Luther King on the Internet and write key events in his life on index cards. In the classroom, sequence the entire classes events in order. Then select one event for each student to write a sentence about and illustrate on a Kid Pix Slide. Compile the slides into a class slide show.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Internet Resources- Student
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Civil Rights Research Topics and Links <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/index.htm

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Internet Resources- Teacher
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Civil Rights Timeline Activity <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/civil.html <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students make and annotate a timeline of the Constitutional amendments that extended civil rights.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Martin Luther King Fact or Opinion Activity <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/02/lp248-01.shtml <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Short biography and worksheet