Document Based Questioning: Civil Rights Movement
Grades 3-8
Through history, civil and human rights have been fought for by people who have been denied those basic liberties as American citizens. Several events shaped this time period in history. The following documents are an illustration of events during the Civil Rights Movement.
This Civil Rights Movement Book Backdrop and DBQ Lesson is intended for grades five through eight (middle school).
After reading The Watson's Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis and The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles students will reflect and analyze documents pertaining to the events that gave this era an resounding space in our country's history.
After reading The Watson's Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis and The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles students will reflect and analyze documents pertaining to the events that gave this era an resounding space in our country's history.