WebQuest Directions - Wayne County Public Schools

Student Name: ___________________ Due dates: Questions and answers due: 1/13/15
PowerPoint due: 1/14/15
8th Grade – English Language Arts/History
Civil Rights Movement WebQuest
Background Information: The American Civil Rights Movement took place between 1954
and 1968. It refers to reform movements that took place across the United States, aimed at
abolishing racial discrimination against African Americans and eliminating segregation in the
Southern states. This era marked a period of struggle for African Americans to gain equal rights
and integrate into schools and other public places. Much of the struggle to end racial inequality
was documented as the country resisted racial segregation and discrimination. Strategies such
as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts, "freedom rides," and
rallies were used.
TASK: You will use the Internet and text resources to gather information about a particular
event. You will then use this information to draw conclusions, make informed decisions, and
create new knowledge. Lastly, you will share your new understandings with the class and reflect
on the learning through a PowerPoint presentation. This is your opportunity to take
pictures, quotes, facts, and other important information and present it in a creative visual. On
each slide please include where every photo, quote, fact, and important
information comes from.
Directions:
Create a PowerPoint presentation
Create 10 slides that highlight your Civil Rights Event
On each slide you must include a picture - and the picture's source - Website link
On each slide you must include a short description of why this picture is related to your
event. Email the document to me.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR RESEARCH: Copy the complete definitions for the terms
using the links below
http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/civil_rights_glossary_and_terms.php
http://www.knowitall.org/roadtrip/pdf/glossary.pdf
Little Rock Nine
Fifteenth Amendment
Poll Tax
NAACP
Sit-in
Segregation
Prejudice
Ku Klux Klan(KKK)
Lynching
Racism
Thirteenth Amendment
SNCC
Fourteenth Amendment
Jim Crow
RESEARCHING THE EVENT:
Now it is time to research your event. Gather information from websites, newspaper articles,
interviews, audio clips, timelines, and pictures. Find out the following: What happened?
Who was involved? When did it happen? Where did it take place? Why did it
happen? How did it happen? How did it affect other people?
TOPIC LIST:
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW (1-26) ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF
PAPER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES. THESE QUESTIONS MUST BE
ANSWERED BEFORE STARTING THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
A. Brown vs. Board (1954)
http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/brown.html
1. Why did this case go to court?
2. Was desegregation easy after the decision? Why or why not?
3. How did segregation violate the 14th amendment?
B. Emmett Till (1955)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/timeline/index.html
4. Who was Emmett Till?
5. What happened to Emmett Till and Why?
6. What about Emmett Till’s story do you think helped ignite the Civil Rights movement?
C. Rosa Parks and The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
http://www.holidays.net/mlk/rosa.htm
7. Why was Rosa Park Arrested?
8. Since she was not the first African American woman arrested for a bus violation, why did her
arrest ignite the boycott?
9. How did segregationists fight the boycott?
D. Freedom Riders (1961)
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-freedom-riders-then-and-now45351758/?no-ist
10. Who were they and what was their purpose?
11. Did they encounter resistance? How?
12. Were they successful in achieving their purpose?
E. March on Washington (1963)
http://mlkkpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_march_on_washington_for_jo
bs_and_freedom/
13. How was this march different from previous marches?
14. Did all African-Americans support the march? If not, who were they?
15. What was the highlight of the day?
16. What was the aftermath of the march?
F. Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
http://www.biography.com/people/j-edgar-hoover-9343398#synopsis
17. What does the “J” in his name represent?
18. When and where was he born?
19. What government position did he hold? How long did he hold this position?
20. What is “COINTELPRO” and what was it controversial?
G. Who was LBJ? For what was he famous?
http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/lyndon-b-johnson
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act
21... Where was LBJ born? When?
22. To whom was he married?
23. What two acts are associated with LBJ?
24. What years were they passed?
25. Summarize the details of the acts in 2-3 sentences each.
H. Selma Movie Controversy
26. What is wrong with how LBJ was portrayed in the movie Selma?
http://time.com/3658593/selma-lbj-history/
Forgot how to use PowerPoint? Check out this crash course:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQlkhkbVhj4