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PowerPacks for US History  |  Civil Rights Movement
	A. PowerPack: Civil Rights The PowerPack includes the PowerPointŪ presentation with Teacher Notes, Document Analysis set and Internet Activities for this unit focusing on significant court decisions from this era, the role of non-violent demonstrations and the Acts of Congress that helped to change American attitudes about race. PRICE: $39.85
	B. PowerPointŪ Only: Civil Rights This PowerPoint reviews the history of segregation and how the Civil Rights Movement helped to influence executive, legislative and judicial responses toward equality. Topics include leadership, strategies, and legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. 54 slides. PRICE: $19.95
	C. Document Analysis Set Only: Civil Rights Documents include Activity 1: Early Steps in Desegregation - Jim Crow photo analysis; Desegregating defense industries; Desegregating the military. Activity 2: Brown v. Board of Education - Justice Harlan's dissent in Plessy; the opinion in Brown v. Board of Education; the Court Order in Brown v. Board of Education. Activity 3: Three Branches Respond - President Kennedy's Address to the Nation (1963); The Supreme Court photo analysis; the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Activity 4: Individuals Who Made a Difference - Rosa Parks arrest report; James Meredith's Letter of Application; FBI poster of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner (Freedom Summer). Activity 5: Civil Rights Strategies - the economic boycott, the march and the sit-in photo analysis. 53 pages. PRICE: $9.95
	D. Internet Activities Only: Civil Rights Activity 1: Two Presidents (Eisenhower and Clinton) and the "Little Rock Nine"; Activity 2: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X; Activity 3: The Civil Rights Oral History Project; Activity 4: African American Quest for Citizenship; Activity 5: Herblock's View of Civil Rights. Unit contains teacher briefings, student handouts and suggested responses. 40 pages. PRICE: $9.95