Civil Rights Simulation. Voting in Alabama in the 1960's. Point of View. 15th Amendment. Poll tax. Poll taxes. Ku Klux Klan. KKK. Voting Rights Act of 1965.

This is an INCREDIBLE simulation that attempts students to understand and empathize with the point-of-view of African Americans in the South trying to vote prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The question that students are asked in this simulation is: "Would you have been able to vote?" Students learn about voting before the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Students see the COURAGE that so many African American voters had in the 1950's and 1960's.

Students look at four methods that were used after the 15th Amendment was passed. The students are given scenarios where they find out if they would have been able to vote based on the poll taxes, economic harm, KKK violence and terrorism, and the literacy tests. Students actually take a literacy test from Alabama as if they were a white person in 1965, and then as if they were a black person from 1965.

There are many COOPERATIVE LEARNING questions to allow students to discuss what they are experiencing with other students. Students write about how fair they feel the laws in the South were. Afterwards, students are given a final CHOICE assessment to review how each method affected voting in the South.

Included in this product is:

- Background information about the voting issues in the South after the 15th Amendment

- Notes describing four methods used to restrict voting of African Americans

- Student note sheet to fill in

- First person scenarios using the methods to determine whether they would go on trying to vote

- White Alabama Literacy Test

- Black Alabama Literacy Test

- Student sheets to fill in for the Literacy Tests

- Final Assessment that gives students CHOICE on how to present

- Two final writing prompts

- Cooperative learning questions for class/pair discussion

- Teacher tips for how to run the activities

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Individual Products from this unit include:

1. Civil Rights 30 DBQ Bellringers Warm Ups Mega-Pack

2. Civil Rights Movement - Journey Through Life Notes - SUPER ENGAGING INTERACTIVE NOTES!

3. Jim Crow Laws Photo Assessment

4. Montgomery Bus Boycott & Rosa Parks Skit and Option Project

5. Civil Rights Leaders and Activists Notes - VERY ENGAGING POWERPOINT with COOPERATIVE LEARNING!

6. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" Visual Expression Project

7. Loving Movie Worksheet

8. FUN Stations Activity where students analyze 10 Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes!

9. 1965 Alabama Voting Simulation - "Would you be able to vote?" - 1st person POINT OF VIEW learning!

10. Voting Rights Act of 1965 Reading Activity

11. Civil Rights Movement Comic Strip Project

12. 40 HIGHLY VISUAL Civil Rights Task Cards with a Cooperative Learning Option!

13. Civil Rights Movement FUN Review Games! - includes THE WALL Card Game based on the TV Show, Four Corners of Fun, and The Bids!

14. Civil Rights Movement Unit Test with Study Guide - Relevant, Real-World Assessment

15. Civil Rights Movement 5 Highly Visual DBQ Primary Sources

16. Major Events of the Civil Rights Movement Student Created Skits!

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