Civil Rights

From the Series Uncovering the Past: Analyzing Primary Sources
  • Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 9
  • Reading Level: Grade 5

The Civil Rights Movement was an organized protest by black Americans against their government and the refusal to obey unjust laws during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. This important book details the evidence in the decades before the movement that led up to the protests: black Americans were denied the right to vote, work, and become citizens. Readers will learn how prejudice and circumstances at the time of an event can influence people's interpretation of evidence. They will discover how evidence from both sides of the Civil Rights struggle was used to change and create laws, and how, even today, our opinion of the Civil Rights Movement is still changing. Readers will learn how to use critical thinking in their own examinations of evidence. Present-day examples show how history repeats itself when evidence is denied or interpreted to one side's benefit. Teacher's guide available.

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Interest Level Grade 5 - Grade 9
Reading Level Grade 5
Age Range 10 - 14
Dewey 323.11
Lexile 790L
ATOS Reading Level 5.9
Guided Reading Level S
Subjects Black History, History
Genres Nonfiction
Publisher Crabtree Publishing
Imprint Crabtree Classics
Copyright 2015
Number of Pages 48
Dimensions 7.25 x 9.25
Graphics
BISACS JNF025210, JNF018010, JNF053140
Rights Included WORLD
Language English

Author: Hilarie Staton