US History · Week 26 · Postwar America and Civil Rights
Students Who Faced the Mob
Students connect Brown v. Board of Education and California's earlier Mendez v. Westminster case to the courage of the Little Rock Nine and name what helps them stay steady under pressure.
- Students will
- Students connect Mendez v. Westminster and Brown v. Board of Education to the Little Rock Nine, and analyze how a primary source shows the resistance the movement met.
- SEL skill
- Name steady strategies you could use under pressure
- What it looks like
- Students name what helps them stay steady under pressure and recognize courage in others.
- Content focus
- Students Who Faced the Mob
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors so you can reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
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Standards
- 11.10.2: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 11: United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century (standard 11.10, item 2)
- 11.10.5: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 11: United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century (standard 11.10, item 5)
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: HI4 Understand the meaning and impact of historical events and recognize that events could have taken other directions. (Historical Interpretation)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.Civ.12.9-12 Analyze how people use and challenge laws to address a variety of public issues.
- Literacy in history: RH.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
Fits these textbook chapters
- American History: Reconstruction to the Present, Module 15: Civil Rights
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 11: Reconstruction
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 43: Segregation in the Post-World War II Period
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 44: The Civil Rights Revolution: "Like a Mighty Stream"
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 45: Redefining Equality: From Black Power to Affirmative Action
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- Winning the Vote Self-managementStudents trace the long campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment and set a personal goal that will require steady effort over time.
- Radio, Movies, and Mass Culture Self-managementStudents compare the arrival of radio and movies with today's media and build a plan for managing how media shapes their mood.
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