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Showing 1,012 results for civil rights history ...
- Type: Online Galleries
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Collect stories about the Civil War and civil rights! The National Park Service is offering more than 500 trading cards to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Civil Rights Leaders Bingo
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Discover Civil Rights Leaders through this fun and interactive BINGO game! Students will learn about national and local leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr, Harriet Tubman, Dr. E. A. Johnson, and Rosa Parks.
Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
LBJ and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Learn about President Johnson's legislation actions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eisenhower and Little Rock: A Civil Rights Lesson
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escort African-American students to Central High School in Little Rock in Sept. 1957, after the governor of Arkansas tried to enforce segregation. Photo courtesy National Archives. Operation Arkansas
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
How did President Dwight Eisenhower balance competing views on race relations and the power of the federal government in handling the Little Rock Crisis in 1957? In this lesson plan, students have the opportunity to analyze Eisenhower's decision making and study primary source letters written to the president during the Little Rock Crisis.
- Type: Student Activities ... Online Galleries ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
In this four-part video series, Park Ranger Nick Sacco examines the history of voting rights in the United States. The first three videos focus on changes, progressions, and setbacks in voting rights during the 19th Century, while the fourth video explores debates over voting rights and fair elections in the present.
Independence National Historical Park
The Liberty Bell as a Symbol for Civil Rights, grades 4-8
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will examine primary sources to discover the connection between the inscription on the Liberty Bell and the Civil Rights Movement.
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Women’s Rights are Human Rights
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this series of four lesson plans from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, students will be able to explore the development and growth of the American women's rights movement. This includes lessons about the Seneca Falls Convention, the Erie Canal, and the later women's rights movement. Developed by educator Lynn Girven of the Rochester City School District.
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Civil Rights Then and Now (Grades 9-12) Carl Sandburg Home NHS
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
How are civil rights similar and different to 100 years ago?
First State National Historical Park
Rights, Rules and Privileges
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This program explores the differences between rights, rules and privileges and the need for government and laws. Students have to determine if something is a right, a rule or a privilege. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Be a Women's Rights Influencer
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will research women’s rights and reform advocates from the nineteenth century. Students will choose one activist and act as their social media manager. Students will create a social media plan for the platform of their choice and highlight their reformer’s story.
Federal Hall National Memorial
Federal Hall and the Bill of Rights
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will learn about the Bill of Rights, its significance to Federal Hall, and create their own Bill of Rights.
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Rights and Privileges- High School Level
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This program will share the story of the Seneca Falls 1848 Convention for Woman's Rights. The program consists of several assignments designed to help students recognize the difference between a right and a privilege and apply their knowledge to those who organized and attended the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Rights and Privileges- Middle School Level
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This program will share the story of the Seneca Falls 1848 Convention for Woman's Rights. The program consists of several assignments designed to help students recognize the difference between a right and a privilege and apply their knowledge to those who organized and attended the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
African Americans During the Civil War: A Compressed History
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Lesson Plan detailing African American involvement during the American Civil War in both combatant and noncombatant roles. Lesson also highlights individual involvement and contributions to the war effort as well as document analysis.
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Be a Women's Rights Influencer- Middle School Level
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will research women’s rights and reform advocates from the nineteenth century. Students will choose one activist and act as their social media manager. Students will create a social media plan for the platform of their choice and highlight their reformer’s story.
The White House and President's Park
Lafayette Park: First Amendment Rights on the President’s Doorstep
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn how a group of determined women selected Lafayette Park, across from the White House, to demonstrate for their right to vote, providing a First Amendment model for many others.
Gateway Arch National Park
Trial for the Right to Vote: Virginia Minor v. Happersett
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In a room on the second floor of the St. Louis Courthouse in 1873, Virginia Louisa Minor sued a city registrar for denying her the right the register to vote. What was her argument? In this mock trial, students will reenact the 1873 trial, listen to both sides, and reach their own verdict in the case.
Grand Canyon National Park
Fighting for Voting Rights at Grand Canyon and Across Arizona
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The fight for voting rights sprawls across the nation. Have student explore Grand Canyon and Arizona's role in the still evolving story.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In this lesson, students will learn about the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment by the National Woman's Party beginning in 1923. They will evaluate a political cartoon to identify different perspectives on the ERA. Students will then respond to the argument presented in the cartoon. Finally, they will predict the possible effect of the ERA on society today.