Lesson plan: Enduring significance of the Selma to Montgomery March
Students will learn about the 1965 marches from Selma to Montgomery during the Civil Rights Movement. They will examine the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and watch clips from the movie "Selma". Most importantly, students will think critically about sources of information. Pass out this HANDOUT with background on the Selma to Montgomery Marches.
Opinion
Opinion | Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March
This Sunday leaders from throughout Alabama and the entire country will commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March and the infamous Bloody Sunday on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was a momentous occasion and needs memorializing.
In honor of all the sacrifices made on behalf of civil rights foot soldiers 60 years ago, the following 60 events are ...
In honor of the Selma to Montgomery March, the Montgomery Bicycle Club is planning its 51-mile ride on the route civil rights foot soldiers took, from Edmund Pettus Bridge to the Alabama State Capitol ...
in Selma to join marchers, is attacked by a group of white men and beaten. He dies of his injuries two days later. March 10, 1965 – The US Justice Department files suit in Montgomery ...
the Selma to Montgomery March, and the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee will begin March 6 with dozens of events planned. Here are some of the ...
Make no mistake about it, this event led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which gave the vote to Black Americans ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback