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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Music of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1968

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students experience the aesthetics of music and learn about freedom songs that motivated the Civil Rights activists. In this music history lesson, students learn how music can motivate and move listeners. Students then describe how...
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Handout
Other

University of Mississippi: Mississippi Writers Page: Medgar Evers (1925 1963)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Mississippi Writers Page provides a biography of Medgar Evers from college to death. Links to related sites available.
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Primary
NBC

Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream: 1963: Fury

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of archival video clips covering the racial unrest and violence in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, including the church bombing where four young black girls were killed. Also includes clips on the murder of NAACP leader Medgar...
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Website
Other

New York Public Library: Africana Age: The Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an extensive review of the Civil Rights movement from the 1940s to the 1960s. Read about the ways African Americans protested discrimination in employment and education over several years. Be sure to click on the images to find...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Discrimination in Public Accommodations [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Segregation and Jim Crow laws codified a color line in the United States. African-Americans began pushing back against segregation in the 1950s and 1960s. Read about the non-violent actions taken and how these actions resulted in the...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

National Park Service: Names, Names, Names [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A lesson plan for K-1 about important people in the Civil Rights movement. Requires Adobe Reader.
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Handout
Other

Naacp History: Medgar Evers

For Students 9th - 10th
A good biography of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was murdered for his attempts to integrate institutions in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Website
Other

Civil Rights Movement 1955 1965: Mississippi & Freedom Summer

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at Mississippi in the early 1960s to understand why the focus of African American voter registration targeted that state. Read about the organization and implementation of the Mississippi Summer Project in 1964. See also the...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Gains and Pains

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the legal gains made by the civil rights movement, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, juxtaposed against the real-life actions meant to deny African Americans their right to racial equality not just legally, but...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: African American Veterans and the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Many African American veterans joined the Civil Rights Movement after World War II when they found themselves facing continued discrimination at home. Learn about some of the veterans who were prominent activists.
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Evers, Medgar

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief encyclopedia entry gives an account of Medgar Evers' life, including his importance as a civil rights leader and martyr. There is a link to a website to gain more information.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: African American Veterans and Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Dorie Miller, Amzie Moore, Medgar Evers and other African American veterans who played a role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Article
Digital History

Digital History: Birmingham, Alabama: Bombingham

For Students 9th - 10th
The city that best exemplifies white resistance to integration and the tension and conflict of the civil rights movement is Birmingham, Alabama. Learn about events of and reactions to the civil rights movement of the early 1960s in...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Medgar Evers

For Students 9th - 10th
The Mississippi Writers Page provides a biography of Medgar Evers from college to death. Links to related sites available.