Students in grades 4-8 can follow the Civil Rights movement from Abraham Lincoln's presidency up to the assassinatin of Martin Luther King Jr. and trace the historical development of this concept through authentic documents, posters, speeches, and true-to-life teaching materials compiled in a user-friendly workbook format. 48 pages include a timeline, and Civil Rights map, glossary and journal.
Packed with reproducible primary sources—from an NAACP pamphlet to Jim Crow-era signs—this collection of authentic documents will capture students' interest in the events and people of the Civil Rights movement. Teaching materials provide background information, document-based discussion questions, and reproducibles that help kids analyze and evaluate each historical document. For use with Grades 4-8.