CRMFHAccount

 What Happened in the Civil Rights Movement?  We Were There

The Montgomery Bus Boycott; the Little Rock Nine; the Freedom Riders; Freedom Summer; the March on Washington, Selma. Some of the events may be familiar, while some may be entirely new. What was it like to be present at the greatest events of the Civil Rights movement? Here is your chance to tell the story from the perspectives of people who were there - first hand. In this assignment, partner teams will research, write, and create a firsthand account of one of the famous events of the Civil Rights Movement. Your work should provide some context, tell the story of the event, utilize powerful and essential visuals, incorporate primary source material, and relate the impact of the event. You should complete the activity collaboratively with your partners and produce one firsthand account.

You have two options for the creation of your firsthand account … a  narrated movie or voicethread OR a scrapbook of the event.

Follow this process …


 * 1) Consult the rubric for the firsthand account to make sure you understand all of the required components.
 * 2) Find two to three decent resources for the factual information covering the context, events, and impact of the topic. Take notes on the materials and use a page in your online notebook for the notes. Great sites include [|ABC-CLIO] and [|Eyes on the Prize]


 * 1) Write the text (narration for the video OR detailed captions for the scrapbook). Save the text on a separate page on your online notebook.
 * 2) Locate and save essential images for your topic, making sure the images match the content that you will be using to describe the event.
 * 3) Create the firsthand account. Use a movie making program or [|voicethread] for the video OR [|mixbook] or [|myebook] for the scrapbook
 * 4) Consult the rubric for the firsthand account to make sure you have successfully completed all of the required components.
 * 5) Embed the finished firsthand account on a separate page on your online notebook.