Civil Rights and Service Learning

Civil Rights and Service Learning episodes:

• 09.30.2009

  Human Rights/Civil Rights Time Line

  This time line, titled "African American Freedom Struggle Timeline: An International Human Rights Perspective," appeared in the April 2008 edition of OAH Magazine of History.

  
• 10.27.2008

  Sample Action Research Reports

  Below are links to reports developed to provide models of action research reports for educators participating in the Teaching American History Grant module on Civil Rights/Service Learning. The documents use data collected from module participants to report on the success...

  
• 02.22.2008

  Lecture: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. — "Civil Rights in Las Vegas"

  Lecture: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. — "Civil Rights in Las Vegas"

  
• 01.22.2008

  StoryPath: Freedom's Summer

  I highly recommend the StoryPath unit plan by Margit McGuire titled "Freedom's Summer." During this unit, students become personally involved with civic education and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The unit is targeted at students in...

  
• 01.17.2008

  Teaching Tolerance

  I also highly recommend the resources from Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center that provides educational resources to teachers. All their kits are free to teachers, paid by generous gifts from supporters of the Center. In...

  
• 01.17.2008

  Lecture: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D. — "Introduction to Service Learning"

  Lecture: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D. — "Introduction to Service Learning"

  
• 01.17.2008

  Lecture: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. — "Civil Rights: The 1950s"

  Lecture: Michael S. Green, Ph.D. — "Civil Rights: The 1950s"

  
• 01.17.2008

  Lecture: DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. — "Civil Rights: The 1950s"

  Lecture: DeAnna Beachley, Ph.D. — "Civil Rights: The 1950s"

  
• 01.16.2008

  Lecture Slides, Sessions I and II: "Service Learning—Elementary-Aged Children Changing the World"

  Lecture Slides, Session 1 Lecture Slides, Session II

  
• 01.16.2008

  "Project Citizen" Curriculum

  I highly recommend the Project Citizen curriculum, a product of the Center for Civic Education. There are several curricula available for varying age groupings (beginning with a grade 4-8 text) that guide students through the decision to do a project,...

  
• 01.09.2008

  Freedom's Song - 1900-1909 - The Niagra Movement

  Freedom's Song - 1900-1909 - The Niagra Movement

  
• 01.08.2008

  What Happened to Social Studies? The Disappearing Curriculum

  What Happened to Social Studies? The Disappearing Curriculum This article is by Margit McGuire and appeared in the Kappan. It introduces methods for teaching students to be civically responsible and introduces the StoryPath approach.

  
• 01.08.2008

  Step-by-Step Planning Sheet for Service Projects

  Step-by-Step Planning Sheet This planning sheet appears in the Teaching Tolerance kit titled "One Survivor Remembers."

  
• 01.08.2008

  You've Got the Power - Let's Go Make a Difference

  Start Something: Unit 4 This is a copy of Unit 4 from the Tiger Woods Foundation Start Something curriculum. This unit assists teachers and students to develop action plans that will improve their communities and the world.

  
• 01.08.2008

  World Citizenship: An Alternative to 'Drill and Kill'

  World Citizenship: An Alternative to 'Drill and Kill' This article is by Bruce Mitchell and appeared in the Kappan.