Share my lesson connects the classroom to 50th Anniversary of the March On Washington
Largest online community for educators features Civil Rights resources to promote the next generation of socially aware students
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Share My Lesson, the nation’s largest online community of educators, invites all educators to celebrate the legacy of the 50th anniversary of the March On Washington for Jobs and Freedom by bringing it alive in the classroom through a newly created collection of free lessons and classroom materials about the historic event and Civil Rights Movement.
“Share My Lesson’s efforts to compile useful and effective lessons and classroom materials on the civil rights movement ensures the legacy created on Aug. 28, 1963 by those 250,000 marchers is kept alive,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). “The purpose is to teach students to celebrate the civil rights accomplishments of the past 50 years as well as empower them to identify and stand up against injustice today.”
The collection of lesson plans
consists of resources on the event, such as tools to dissect and compare Dr. Martin Luther King’s prepared speech versus his delivered speech.
Also featured are teaching materials about other civil rights activists such as Bayard Rustin, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey and A. Philip Randolph.
The collection includes unique lesson plans that challenge students to study, research and analyze the different strategies employed to advance the African-American freedom struggle, and their influence on the Civil Rights Movement.
“This important collection of Common Core aligned materials allows middle school and high school students to comprehend the impact that the March On Washington had on the Civil Rights Movement and the issue of equality overall,” added Scott Noon, general manager of Share My Lesson. “ It helps teachers create a generation of students who will evolve into the educated, socially conscious and responsible adults capable of continuing efforts to promote civil rights and maintain equality for generations to come.”
Share My Lesson is the fastest-growing professional online community for educators in the United States, registering more than 300,000 members since it launched in 2012.
There are more than 265,000 resources on Share My Lesson – more than 7,000 of which are aligned with the Common Core – so that first-year and veteran teachers can access material that will help them prepare for back to school and the months ahead.
Lesson plan examples include:
March On Washington: Bayard Rustin
http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/March-on-Washington-Bayard-Rustin-50012366/
In this activity, students learn about Bayard Rustin and explore why his involvement in the March is largely forgotten in American history. Rustin’s status as an outsider – African-American, pacifist, socialist and gay – made him keenly aware of injustice in the United States.
March On Washington: Dr. King’s Speech
http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/March-on-Washington-Dr-King-and-39-s-Speech-50012203/
This lesson helps high school students explain how King’s “I Have A Dream” speech at the 1963 March On Washington differed from the one he prepared and formulate reasoned opinions on why King would change his prepared speech as he delivered it. Additionally, students will also be able to identify rhetorical devices King employed in his famous speech.
March On Washington: Comparison of Strategies
http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/March-on-Washington-Comparison-of-Strategies-50012208/
From the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, four important African-American leaders – Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, and A. Philip Randolph – developed different strategies for advancing the African-American freedom struggle. After doing careful research, students decide whose strategy for advancing the African-American freedom struggle was most effective.
