Project Based Learning Civil Rights Key Figures Trading Cards
Introduction: Studying multiple perspectives of controversial ideas is a great way to reach a clear understanding. The Civil Rights Movement is the perfect event in American History to study from multiple perspectives. Should we protest? Should we riot? Should we boycott or overthrow? These are all questions that key figures of the Civil Rights Movement asked. You will decide.
Task: You will take on the role of a trading card designer in order to create a trading card for a key figure of Civil Rights. You card will include background information and a short biography of important events. Most importantly your trading card will include an Impact Point score (IPS) for how much of an impact you believe he or she had on the fight for African American Civil Rights. Key Figures → You will be assigned one of the key figures. W.E.B. Du Bois Marcus Garvey Gandhi Fredrick Douglas Harriet Tubman Rosa Parks Malcolm X Martin Luther King Jr. Bayard Rustin Paul Robeson Booker T. Washington Thurgood Marshal Jackie Robinson Charles K. Steele · James Meredith · Huey Newton · Bobby Seale · A. Philip Randolph · Adam Clayton Powell Junior · Anna Julia Cooper · Barbara Jordan · Claudette Colvin · Hosea Williams · Jesse Jackson · John Lewis · Stokely Carmichael · Little Rock Nine People · Greensboro Sit-in People
Procedure: Follow these steps to ensure your success on this project Step one: Browse the list of key figures to think about who you want to research. Step two: Starting with http://www.thefamouspeople.com/civil-rights-activists.php find your key figure and conduct background information Hometown, date of birth, claim to fame (what they are most known for). Description → A brief report of their role in the Civil Rights movement and the perspective they had for how to change America (what are they most well known for and what did they do to help Civil Rights). Step three: Evaluate your key figure using 1-5 stars. How much of an impact did your key figure have? If he or she was crucial to the movement, give them a 4 or a 5. If you don’t think their actions had a major effect, rate them lower. Step four: Rationale → On the back of your card, explain why you rated the key figure the way you did. Include the following parts: Legacy Today → Are they well-known today? Outcome → What changed? Level of support → How many people did their actions reach?