The lessons posted here are taken from the handbook The Civil Rights Movement: Emerging Perspectives developed by the Teachers as Researchers and are the result of three years of intensive work through a grant funded by The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. 

History As Investigation:

The Big H - DOC (66KB)

Introduction to Civil Rights:

Patrick McHugh, The Children's March - DOC (98KB)

Understanding the Struggle:

Alex Lenear, Lynching (The Silent March) - DOC (79KB)

Ruthie Bowman, Listen Up! The Transformation of African American Music - DOC (127KB)

The Fight For Rights:

Eric Wood, Legal Rights: Plessy and Brown - DOC (224KB)

Jeff Bean, A Mother's Voice Reverberates Through History: Mamie Bradley - DOC (83KB)

Vicki Milne, Poetry for Civil Rights - DOC (131KB)

Protest: Violent Vs. Non-Violent:

Margaret Fox, Non-Violence and Violence as Protest - DOC (65KB)

The Struggle Continues Today:

(Social)

Leila Rivard, There Are No Children Here - DOC (108KB)

Lloyd Sheldon Johnson, The Case For White History Month - DOC (51KB)

(Political/Economic)

Joe Eufinger, Affirmative Action: The Future of A Policy - DOC (116KB)

(Environmental)

Jeff Noll, Protest, the Environment and Decision Making - DOC (64KB)

Jeff Noll's notations on Social History, the Environment and Decision Making are embedded in each lesson.