To complete the Civil Rights Project, in addition to
researching the individual events you must have an understanding of the whole
Civil Rights Movement. You are required to explain why the event or person is
significant in the stuggle and relate it or them to the movement and its
history. General Civil Rights resources will help you with this.
General sources:
Library
of Congress Print and Photograph Collection
Please follow the guidelines for using
the LOC database. Use the search box to find photos and prints, be specific with
keywords.
African
American Odyssey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html
Excellent source from the Library of
Congress. Scroll down to IX Civil Rights, then look at both parts of the
exhibit. Many of the topics are covered and include primary documents.
National
Civil Rights Museum
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/permexhibits.htm
Scroll throught the permanent exhibit and
read the captions to see a continuum of events connected to the Civil Rights
movement.
InfoPlease
Modern Civil Rights Timeline
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
Year by year timeline from 1954-2006,
highlighting major events.
Specific sources:
For most persons and events you may use the Student
Resource Center. The link to this resource is found on the Library's
Databases
page. Use keywords from the project sheet rather than the
whole phrase given to you. If you have any difficulty see the librarian for
hints on keywords to use.
PBS
Scottsboro An American Tragedy
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/
Try the timeline for an outline of events
Little
Rock Central High School
http://www.centralhigh57.org/
History of the Little Rock 9 integration.
NAAPC
http://www.naacp.org/home/index.htm
Click on "about the NAACP" and then on
"History".
Teaching
American History.org
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=100
Text of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter
from Birmingham City Jail.
Thompson
Gale Free Resources
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/literature/birmingham_jail.htm
Information about King's letter from
Birmingham City Jail.
Assignment and Samples
Civil
Rights Project Assignment
Sample
Power Point
Citation
Help
Use Bibme.com if possible. Don't forget you can cut and
paste citations from SRC.
LOC pictures:
"Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (Prints
and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress)." Library of
Congress Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Dec. 2009.
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html>.
MLA formatting by BibMe.org.
Comic Life- once you are completely done with your
comic, you must save it in a different way:
From the File menu of Comic Life, go to Export, then HTML
and choose where to save it.
When Exporting choose the drive I:, folder scommon,
folder Student Uploads, folder RawlsCivilRightsProjects.
If you need help with this see Mrs. Chen before your class
period.
