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Lesson Idea Name: Recognizing Civil Rights Leaders
Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 5th

Content Standard Addressed:
SS5H6 Describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950- 1975.
b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement: Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Montgomery
Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood
Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Technology Standard Addressed:
Knowledge Constructor:
Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative
artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
Students plan and employee effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their
intellectual or creative pursuits.
Selected Technology Tool:
BrainPOP
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/africanamericanhistory/martinlutherkingjr/
Type of Instructional Software:

Drill and Practice Tutorial Simulation Instructional Game e-books/e-references

Features of this software (check all that apply):

Assessment Monitoring/Reporting
Allows teacher to create customized lessons for students
Multi-user or collaborative functions with others in the class
Multi-user or collaborative with others outside the class
Accessible to students beyond the school day
Accessible via mobile devices
Multiple languages
Safety, security and/or privacy features

Blooms Taxonomy Level(s):

Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

Level 1: Awareness Level 2: Exploration Level 3: Infusion Level 4: Integration

Level 5: Expansion Level 6: Refinement

Lesson idea implementation: Students will have prior knowledge of Civil Rights Movement. Students will use
BrainPOP to investigate and explore various Civil Rights leaders; specifically Martin Luther King, Jr. Students
will gather information, which will be shared with the class. Students will be asked to collect at least two
pieces of information about Martin Luther King, Jr. that they would like to research more about. Next, students
will be grouped (3 people per group) with other classmates with similar interests.
Students will then begin their own research, first utilizing BrainPOP and then other approved search engines,
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websites, and resources. As a class, we will make an All About Martin Luther King, Jr. PowerPoint where
students will contribute information they learned through their own exploration concisely stated on a slide.
Learners will be informally assessed by observation of research and formation of their slide. The teacher will
scaffold this research and slide making as necessary. Students will need to cite their sources.

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