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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

My name is Jason Perkins and I am a third-year teacher of High School Social Studies at Cape Lookout Marine Science Charter High School in Morehead City, NC. Primarily, I teach Civics & Economics to 10th grade students and U.S. History to 11th grade students, but I also teach elective courses to all high school grade levels. I graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 2003 with a Bachelor’s Degree in History Teaching.

Resources created by Jason Perkins

Everyday People Fight for Everyday Rights
In this lesson, students will learn that the Civil Rights Movement, while led by many great individuals, was primarily a movement of everyday people. They will then put that knowledge of the past into practice and participate in their own Civil Rights March. The culminating activity is a multimedia presentation that, depending on which course, can be aimed at non-citizens outlining what civil rights are and how all Americans gained those rights through the actions of these everyday people.
Format: lesson plan
By Jason Perkins.