Civil Rights Movement Project

40 Points Total
Due: Friday May 2nd A Grading Rubric is forthcoming.

Directions: Your goal is to create a song, poem, letter, speech, short movie, poster, fake newspaper article, news report set in the time period, etc. which demonstrates the key themes of the Civil Rights Movement and shows your understanding of the key people, places, and events of the movement. The most important aspect of this project is that you have the freedom to use a method of your choosing to show me what you have learned about the Civil Rights Movement and how well you understand the material. Guidelines: Your project must demonstrate understanding of at least 2 people, places, or things from each of the categories below. Feel free to include more than just 2 from each category, but 2 is the minimum. You must demonstrate the impact of each person, place, event, or group on the movement as a whole. You may work alone or in a group of up to 4 people. Your project should show the connections between the themes and events instead of simply listing them and providing definitions. There must be a hard copy of your project turned in to me at the beginning of class on Friday, May 2nd. Extra Credit for those willing to present their projects to the class on Friday. Be creative and have fun with it! Themes to consider: Role of media; role of white activists; role of local, state, and national governments in maintaining or fighting segregation Pre-Civil Rights Movement Events and People (choose a minimum of 2): Segregation, Reconstruction Amendments, Plessy v. Ferguson, The Great Migration W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington Early Civil Rights Movement Events (choose a minimum of 2): Brown v. Board of Education, Little Rock Nine, Emmitt Till Murder and Trial Civil Rights Movement Organizations and People (choose a minimum of 2): SCLC, SNCC, NAACP, Sit-ins, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Rides Civil Rights Movement Philosophies and Groups (Must choose 3 instead of 2): Civil Disobedience, Nonviolent Resistance, Martin Luther Kings Philosophy, Malcolm Xs Philosophy, Stokely Carmichaels Philosophy, Black Power