Alabama Social Studies SS24.US2.10

SS24.US2.10 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 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.US2.10b

  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.US2.10c

  Compare and contrast the actions and philosophies of key civil rights leaders and organizations, including Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.

• SS24.US2.10d

  Summarize the political, economic, and physical means by which opponents of the Civil Rights Movement sought to limit its achievements.

• SS24.US2.10e

  Describe how key Alabamians provided leadership, generated change, or demonstrated resistance to the Civil Rights Movement.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain how military desegregation, Brown, and Montgomery grew a national movement. They link NAACP, SCLC, and SNCC campaigns to federal action. They compare King and Malcolm X and explain Alabama leadership and resistance.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students connect Rosa Parks and Fred Shuttlesworth to organized protest and George Wallace to state resistance. They explain how Birmingham helped spur the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Selma helped spur the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think Brown ended school segregation at once or that King and Malcolm X held identical views. They may overlook job threats, intimidation, and violence that continued after federal laws passed.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Explain how the Selma marches affected the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Name one Alabama activist and one tactic opponents used to stop voting rights.

1. 01

   Sort cards for Truman's 1948 order, Brown, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma; build a timeline and flag when federal action followed protest.

2. 02

   Give students excerpts from King's Letter from Birmingham Jail and Malcolm X's The Ballot or the Bullet; ask which tactics each favors.

3. 03

   Play a three-column sort: place Wallace's schoolhouse stand, threatened firings, and mob attacks under political, economic, or physical resistance.

4. 04

   Compare today's Alabama voter registration form with a 1960s literacy test; circle each form's requirements and discuss how voting access changed.

• SS24.S.11b

  Describe how social movements, including the Civil Rights Movement, have created change throughout the history of the United States.

• SS24.5.12

  Outline key events and campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement and identify significant organizations and their contributions within the Movement.