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Identify Florida's role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Standard #: SS.4.A.8.1
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General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 4
Strand: American History
Standard: Contemporary Florida into the 21st Century
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved
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  • SS.4.A.8.AP.1 # Recognize that Florida played a role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Lesson Plans
  • The Civil Rights Movement in Florida Part 2 # In this lesson, students will prepare for and participate in a Socratic Seminar to discuss ways citizens can solve problems in their communities as well as identify Florida’s role in the civil rights movement. They will utilize the texts and primary source documents they analyzed in the previous lesson to answer and generate their own questions to be able to discuss their opinions and make claims based on logical reasoning and text/document evidence. This is lesson 2 of 3 in a mini unit integrating civics and social studies.
  • The Civil Rights Movement in Florida Part 1 # In this lesson, students will analyze primary and secondary sources to learn about Florida’s role in the civil rights movement. They will utilize a cause-and-effect graphic organizer to identify ways everyday citizens interact with governments to solve problems. This is lesson 1 of 3 in a mini unit integrating civics and social studies.
  • The Civil Rights Movement in Florida: Part 3 # In this lesson, students will work individually or in pairs to design an infographic on paper or digitally to demonstrate their knowledge of Florida’s role in the civil rights movement. This is lesson 3 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating civics and social studies.
  • The Civil Rights Movement in Florida: Tallahassee Bus Boycott # African-Americans in Tallahassee boycotted the bus system for nearly seven months after the arrest of two Florida A&M University (FAMU) students for sitting beside a white woman. During the boycott, African-Americans in Tallahassee used car pools to get to and from work and for other necessary transportation. Twenty-one members of the Inter Civic Council were convicted on charges of operating an illegal transportation system for arranging the car pool without a franchise. In this lesson students analyze primary source images to write journal responses focused on what they learned about the Tallahassee Bus Boycott.
Unit/Lesson Sequence
  • Ruby Bridges: A Simple Act of Courage # In this unit, students will learn about the Civil Rights Movement through the perspective of Ruby Bridges, a young girl caught in the struggle for equality during this time. Vocabulary strategies, slideshows, graphic organizers, and text-based questions are all included to help students compare/contrast Ruby's world with their own.
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