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Civil Rights Leaders Activity: Civil Rights Activists Biographies Activity
Civil Rights Leaders Activity: Civil Rights Activists Biographies Activity
Civil Rights Leaders Activity: Civil Rights Activists Biographies Activity
Civil Rights Leaders Activity: Civil Rights Activists Biographies Activity
Civil Rights Leaders Activity: Civil Rights Activists Biographies Activity
Civil Rights Leaders Activity: Civil Rights Activists Biographies Activity
Civil Rights Leaders Activity: Civil Rights Activists Biographies Activity
Civil Rights Leaders Activity: Civil Rights Activists Biographies Activity
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Civil Rights Heroes Activity is the perfect activity to add to your Civil Rights Movement Unit. In this activity, students summarize and present to the class the achievements and the historical significance of 11 civil rights activists during the Civil Rights era. Biographies of each leader are provided along with instructions, and a full-size portrait of each. No outside sources are needed for this assignment. Everything is included. Works great with stations!

Biographies include:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Rosa Parks

Medgar Evers

Charles Sherrod

James Leonard FarmerJr.

Thurgood Marshall

The Little Rock Nine

Stokely Carmichael

Malcolm X

Robert Parris Moses

Hewy Newton

Bobby Seale

Save Money! Get this beautiful item plus more civil rights primary source documents, PowerPoint notes, lesson plans, warm-ups, exit tickets, and assessment at CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT UNIT.

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Civil Rights Leaders Activity: Civil Rights Activists Biographies Activity

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90 minutes

Description

Civil Rights Heroes Activity is the perfect activity to add to your Civil Rights Movement Unit. In this activity, students summarize and present to the class the achievements and the historical significance of 11 civil rights activists during the Civil Rights era. Biographies of each leader are provided along with instructions, and a full-size portrait of each. No outside sources are needed for this assignment. Everything is included. Works great with stations!

Biographies include:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Rosa Parks

Medgar Evers

Charles Sherrod

James Leonard FarmerJr.

Thurgood Marshall

The Little Rock Nine

Stokely Carmichael

Malcolm X

Robert Parris Moses

Hewy Newton

Bobby Seale

Save Money! Get this beautiful item plus more civil rights primary source documents, PowerPoint notes, lesson plans, warm-ups, exit tickets, and assessment at CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT UNIT.

For more stuff on The Civil Rights Movement try:

Civil Rights PowerPoint/Google Slides with Video Links + Student-Guided Notes

Martin Luther King Video Link & Video Questions + Google Apps version

Civil Rights Movement Jeo-Party Game

Freedom Summer Primary Source Activity + Google Apps version

Civil Rights Movement: Successes & Failures Data Analysis + Google Apps

Civil Rights Movement Crossword Puzzle Review

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT UNIT + Google Apps version

MORE ON THE WAY! Be the first to discover new products and get free goodies by hitting the “☆ Follow” button by my store name!

LET'S CONNECT!

- Explore more on Instagram

- Join us on Facebook: Teaching Psychology and Teaching History

- Find inspiration on Pinterest!

File under: Civil Rights Movement Activities, Civil Rights Movement worksheet, The Civil Rights Movement, The Civil Rights Era, Civil Rights Era, Civil Rights Lesson Plans, Black History Lesson Plans

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great resource
Rated 5 out of 5
March 22, 2026
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
Students were engaged throughout the lesson. Thank you!
Beth P.
875 reviews • Arizona
Grades taught: K, 8th
Rated 5 out of 5
August 3, 2023
This was a wonderful activity. My students really enjoyed it.
Hannah C.
420 reviews
Grades taught: 7th
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Rated 5 out of 5
March 27, 2023
Used this to create stations for my students. Very engaging! My students enjoyed this activity!
Simply SPED
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7 reviews
Grades taught: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Student populations: Autism, Learning difficulties
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Rated 5 out of 5
March 23, 2022
These passages were excellent texts for Black History month.
Laine P.
78 reviews
Grades taught: 5th, 7th
Student populations: Mild to severe disabilities
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Apr 14, 2022
Thank you for the positive review Laine!
Rated 5 out of 5
April 2, 2021
Worked great in the classroom. I will use this product again.
Rachel M.
856 reviews
Grades taught: 11th
Student populations: Emerging bilinguals
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Rated 5 out of 5
February 23, 2020
Very detailed write ups. Thanks.
Ashley S.
183 reviews
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Rated 5 out of 5
February 18, 2020
So excited to use this!! Thank you for doing the work to make this resource available!!!
Elizabeth A.
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Rated 5 out of 5
July 25, 2019
I used this as a baseline for our Black History Month unit/project. The information and posters included are fantastic!
Bridget B.
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Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social studies.
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