Selection 1 title page: The Civil Rights Movement
Selection 1 Overview
  • Build Background

  • Language & Grammar

    Ask for and Give Information

    Use Present and Past Tense Verbs

  • Prepare to Read

    Learn Key Vocabulary

    Learn a Reading Strategy

    Ask Questions

  • Read and Write

    Focus on Genre

    History Article

    Apply the Reading Strategy

    Ask Questions

    Critical Thinking

    Reading Fluency

    Read with Phrasing

    Vocabulary Review

    Write About the Guiding Question

  • Connect Across the Curriculum

    Literary Analysis

    Analyze Text Structure: Chronological Order

    Evaluate Informational Text

    Analyze Tone

    Vocabulary Study

    Use Word Parts: Prefixes

    Language and Grammar

    Ask for and Give Information

    Writing and Grammar

    Write About a Past Event

Build Background
Discover Civil Rights

“The Civil Rights Movement” shows how individuals worked together to achieve fairness for all. Now meet the people who made the difference.

Connect

Group Discussion Imagine that your school made a rule that divided people: Students whose names begin with vowels are not allowed to use the main entrance. What would that be like? Discuss your ideas with the class.