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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson on the Civil Rights movement is organized into three sections: "Identifying the Need for Change," "Ordinary People in the Civil Rights Movement," and "Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movement."
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Primary
University of Richmond

Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet: 1894 1909

For Students 9th - 10th
This curation, transcription, and interpretation of the Richmond Planet opens a window into fundamental issues of race, equity, justice, violence, and power that still stir the nation today. Thirteen formerly enslaved men formed 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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Website
Other

Atlanta in the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
An online look at the role Atlanta played in all parts of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Article
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the state and progress of civil rights in the state of Texas since its emancipation from slavery in 1865.
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Unit Plan
Other

Presentations From the Life of Frederick Douglass

For Students 9th - 10th
The actor Fred Morsell, a Frederick Douglass reenactor, provides plays about the 19th century civil rights leader as well as other resources about Douglass's life and work.
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PPT
Other

Black Panther Party Photo Tour

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a photo tour of the Black Panther Party and is part of a Bobby Seale web site devoted to the 60s protest movement and current African American struggles. A variety of audio and video clips are available.