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Captioning the Civil Rights Movement: Reading the Images, Writing the Words

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Scholars boost their knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement with a lesson that challenges writers, readers, and historians to analyze primary sources and caption their observations. By way of reading, writing, discussion, independently, in a whole group, and pairs, pupils practice analyzing images and writing captions. Graphic organizers support readers' comprehension. 

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
civil rights, the civil rights movement, civil rights leaders, comparing images, image analysis, primary source images, text features, nonfiction text features, captions, reading comprehension strategies, information literacy, informational texts, main ideas
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Instructional Ideas
  • Recreate a larger version of the Caption Checklist on a themed focus wall surrounded by photographs related to the topic
  • Plan time in the library or computer lab
  • Keep handouts and writing samples in an interactive writing notebook for easy reference at a later time
Classroom Considerations
  • Participants should have some knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement
  • Browse the Resources and Preparation tab to confirm which copies must be made, books gathered, and websites bookmarked
Pros
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  • The lesson walks learners through the writing process gradually
Cons
  • None