Alabama Social Studies SS24.US2.14

SS24.US2.14 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 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...

• SS24.US2.14b

  Evaluate the social and political significance of the women’s rights movement from the 1960s to the 1980s on the lives of women in the United States.

• SS24.US2.14c

  Compare and contrast major Supreme Court decisions from the 1960s through the 1980s and explain how they reflect an ongoing national debate regarding the expans...

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What Students Need to Do

Trace how civil rights campaigns spread beyond the South and took up housing, jobs, and policing. Explain how farmworkers, Native Americans, and women organized for rights. Weigh gains and setbacks for women and compare court rulings that expanded or limited legal protections.

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What Mastery Looks Like

Students can locate Chicago housing protests and the Delano grape strike on a map and explain each goal. They link César Chávez to farmworker organizing and NOW to women's rights, including Title IX gains and the ERA's failure. They explain that Roe protected abortion access, while Bakke barred racial quotas but allowed race as one factor in admissions.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may think civil rights activism ended after the Voting Rights Act or stayed in the South. They may think Title IX only covered sports or that the Equal Rights Amendment passed. They may assume every court ruling expanded rights, missing Bakke's restriction on quotas and Bowers's refusal to protect same-sex intimacy.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: "How did Chicago housing protests differ from Southern voting drives? Name one related rights group and its work, one gain and one setback for women, and one difference between Roe and Bakke."

1. 01

   Give pairs a blank U.S. map and event cards for Selma, Chicago, Delano, and Wounded Knee; have them mark each place and campaign goal.

2. 02

   Ask: "Did Title IX change women's lives more than the campaign for the ERA? Defend your answer with one specific example."

3. 03

   Run a case-card sort: match Roe, Bakke, and Bowers to their rulings, then mark which protections each expanded or limited.

4. 04

   Print your school's girls' and boys' sports schedules; have students spot a possible access gap and draft a Title IX question for the principal.

• SS24.5.12a

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

• 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.