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The Civil Rights Movement in Context: Investigate the precursors to the Civil Rights Movement, its leadership, its opposition, and its legacy, including lesser-studied events of the movement and primary sources.; Take this course: Begins February 2.

Civil rights protests and dilemmas: In this lesson students explore well-known civil rights protests then listen to two oral histories of individuals who protested in their own way to promote equality for African Americans. Students specifically will consider personal risks involved in protest.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Suffrage: The changing role of women: In this lesson, students use oral history excerpts and photographs to learn about the women's suffrage movement in the United States from a variety of perspectives.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Goodbye, Bill Of Rights!: Students will enact a scene demonstrating life without one of the first ten amendments. Students will be put into groups of three or four and assigned a specific amendment to research.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies); By Greg Simmons.

The Bill of Rights: The Bill of Rights as approved by Congress in 1789, including two amendments not in the first ten ratified by the states.; Format: image/constitution

Civil rights protest chart: Used in the Civil Rights Protests and Dilemmas lesson, in this chart students fill in basic information about famous protests of the civil rights movement and rate the risk to the protesters.; Format: document

Martin Luther King, Jr. Online Visitor Information Center: Maintained by the National Park Service this web page is useful for anyone planning a trip to the King historic site in Atlanta, GA or interested in the life of the civil rights leader.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Bill of Rights: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.7; The text of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, with historical commentary.; Format: constitution

Brown versus Board of Education: Rhetoric and realities: In this lesson, students will listen to three oral histories that shed light on political and personal reactions toward the 1954 Supreme Court ruling Brown versus Board of Education. Includes a teacher's guide as well as the oral history audio excerpts and transcripts.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Civil Rights Rally: A large group of people stand in a parking lot in Bear Grass, North Carolina and hold a civil rights rally on December 16, 1963. Some of the people in the front row are holding signs. Five people stand before them lead the rally.; Format: image/photograph

Civil Rights March: On December 16, 1963, a group of people, mostly African Americans, marched in a civil rights rally in Bear Grass, North Carolina. From the Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Experiences of the Civil Rights Movement: A roundtable project: This activity allows students to participate in a roundtable discussion by taking on the persona of someone who lived and experienced the Civil Rights Movement. By participating in a role playing simulation, students are more able to achieve higher-level thinking skills and, as a result, hopefully be able to think more critically about the Civil Rights Era.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By Kathleen Caldwell.

Anti-Civil Rights Demonstration: A young white boy holds racist a sign with his arms outstretched above protesters at an anti-civil rights demonstration in High Point, North Carolina. Another sign can be seen in the crowd. A policeman is standing below the boy.; Format: image

Anti-Civil Rights Protesters: This photograph was taken at an anti-civil rights demonstration in High Point North Carolina during the 1960s. Young, white, male students stand next to a policeman and hold derogatory signs as they protest school integration.; Format: image/photograph

Latino children at immigrant rights rally: A Latino boy and girl wave U.S. flags at an Immigrants' Rights March in San Francisco's Mission District on the National Day of Action for Immigrants, April 10, 2006.; Format: image/photograph

Honor Guard protecting the North Carolina Bill of Rights: A Honor Guard protects the North Carolina Bill of Rights. They are wearing colonial-style uniforms. For a few weeks, the document was displayed in various places throughout North Carolina, including here, at the historic Chowan County Courthouse in Edenton,...; Format: image/photograph

Literature lamps: The Weirdo: Literature is tied to an integrated curriculum for student success. Emphasis is on reading and communication.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Wendy Sirias.

African Americans get the vote in eastern North Carolina: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.9; After the Civil War, African American communities in eastern North Carolina, having already tasted freedom during the war, were ready to fight for political rights.; Format: article

The Raleigh Freedmen's Convention: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 8.6; Declaration of the statewide convention of freedman held in Raleigh, North Carolina, September 29-October 3, 1866. Includes historical commentary.; Format: declaration

Celebrating the freedom to read: Banned Books Week teaches the importance of our First Amendment rights and draws attention to the danger of restricting information in a free society.; By Melissa Thibault.

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