Alabama Social Studies SS24.5.12

SS24.5.12 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.5.12a

  Describe ways in which the Civil Rights Movement sought to create change.

• SS24.5.12b

  Trace the chronology of civil rights events in Alabama and across the nation, and summarize how they impacted one another.

• SS24.5.12c

  Describe the contributions of Alabama leaders and foot soldiers of the Civil Rights Movement as well as other Alabamian supporters who aided their efforts.

• SS24.5.12d

  Summarize how opponents of the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama sought to limit its success.

• SS24.5.12e

  Identify Alabamians who contributed to concurrent civil rights movements in the United States during the decades following World War II.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students put the Montgomery bus boycott, Birmingham campaign, and Selma marches in order. They explain how groups, leaders, and everyday protesters worked for change in Alabama and across the country. They describe opposition in Alabama and Coretta Scott King’s later work for women’s rights.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student places the Montgomery boycott before the Birmingham campaign and the Selma marches. They link police attacks on Selma marchers to growing support for the Voting Rights Act. They explain Jo Ann Robinson’s boycott flyers and George Wallace’s attempt to block Black students at the University of Alabama.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think Martin Luther King Jr. acted alone, overlooking people who printed flyers, walked to work, and registered voters. They may confuse the Civil Rights Act with the Voting Rights Act. They may blame peaceful marchers for attacks by police.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Put Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma in order. For Selma, name one organizer, one obstacle marchers faced, and one national result.

1. 01

   Give pairs five cards for Montgomery, Birmingham, Selma, and the two federal laws; have them arrange dates and draw cause-and-effect arrows.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: Why did Jo Ann Robinson print boycott flyers, and why did bus riders keep walking despite threats?

3. 03

   Play a match-up: students pair the NAACP with court cases, SCLC with Birmingham marches, and the Women’s Political Council with boycott flyers.

4. 04

   Bring a local school board agenda and have students draft a two-sentence public comment asking for a fair change to a school rule.

• SS24.US2.10

  Evaluate the influence of events, organizations, and individual actions on the expansion of the Civil Rights Movement nationally.

• SS24.US2.10b

  Analyze the extent to which the actions and campaigns of civil rights activists and organizations from 1954 to 1965 prompted federal measures to advance civil a...

• SS24.US2.10a

  Identify and explain key events from 1945 to 1955 that brought about the emergence of a large-scale movement for civil rights.

• SS24.US2.14a

  Explain how the Civil Rights Movement inspired other movements for civil and human rights, and describe the contributions of groups and individuals to these mov...