Giving Compass' Take:
- · Lauren Barack explains how teachers can tie important moments from the civil rights movement to current day events to help students make connections.
- · How do students form connections when teachers tie history to the current day? What important lessons does history teach students about problems in society today?
- · Read more about teaching the civil rights movement.
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The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s may have been one period in time, but battles that resulted from that era are still going on. Monuments of major figures from Civil War era that have stood for decades, for example, are just now being brought down and becoming the topic of a nationwide controversy.
Teaching students about this time in the United States is crucial, and doing so sensitively is imperative. Luckily, there are many organizations that provide well-curated and detailed online lessons scaled for students across multiple grades.
Read the full article about discussing the civil rights movement in school by Lauren Barack at Education Dive.