Trouble in Little Rock: The Desegregation of Central High School

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Trouble in Little Rock: The Desegregation of Central High School

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In this lesson, students will learn about one aspect of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States--the battle over desegregating the public schools--by studying the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Education Levels:

6, 7, 8

Subject:

United States History, United States Government, Process Skills, Human Relations

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

The National First Ladies' Library

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Keywords:

Desegregation, Civil rights, U.S. Supreme Court, School integration, Racism, Prejudice

Mediator:

Middle school teachers

Publisher:

The National First Ladies' Library

Contributor:

Averil McClelland

Is Part Of:

http://www.firstladies.org/curriculum/

Language:

English

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Essential Resources:

Computers with Internet access; Access to print materials about desegregation, the Civil Rights Movement, and Central High School

Learning Time:

5 class periods

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

History

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Writing Standards

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation.

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