5.20.13 Freedom Riders

Objective: Historians of 2017 will (1) analyze how nonviolent protest transformed the United States during the civil rights movement; (2) analyze how ordinary individuals risked their lives to end segregation 

Task 1: Complete the Do Now

Task 2: Letter to President Kennedy, Freedom Rides

1. Letter to President Kennedy, 1961 (open) 

Task 3: PBS Documentary (Freedom Riders) 

1. Video Questions (open)  

Additional Resources:

• Freedom Riders (PBS) 
• Play Quiz Games / Watch Videos 
• We Shall Overcome (National Park Service) 
• Civil Rights Movement (Gilder Lehrman Foundation) 
• Brain Pop (Civil Rights) 
• Eyes on the Prize: Video Segments 

(Exit ticket) Go to Socrative use the room number kippsfbay8. Type in your First and Last name in order to receive credit.

Homework: Freedom Riders Web Diagram