1. We are all leaders Links to Primary Sources: Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney Illustrator: Brian Pinkney Sit- In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down Little, Brown and Company: 2010 Book Summary: On February 1, 1960, four students from North Carolina Central Agriculture and Technical College sat down at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Setting: Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960 Objective: Students will examine and discuss events during the civil rights movement. Melissa Lavender- Rock Hill, SC- Winthrop University 2012 Civil Rights Overview The Sit-In PBS: Segregation Signing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 Signing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 Civil Rights Stories

2. How Would you Feel? During the Civil Rights Era, places were segregated. During this time period African Americans were referred to as “colored” individuals and had to be separated from white individuals. Segregation in Schools In your language arts journal you will write a simulated journal. –Topic: Write a paragraph discussing how you would feel as a student during segregation. You may choose to write your paragraph from either perspective.

3. Could You Stand Up For Something You Believe In? After the sit-ins in Greensboro, NC a movements began and sparked a change. By July 25-26, 1960 Woolworth’s in Greensboro was desegregated. The Sit-In One Act started a Change Draw about a time when you stood up for something you believed in. If you haven’t or do not remember a time, then you can draw what you would do during the time of segregation. Include a paragraph (5-8 complete sentences) explaining your picture.

4. When did this all begin? Use the book Sit-in to formulate your own timeline of the Civil Rights Era. Get into small groups and pick out the main events of the Civil Rights Movement. Use the timeline Web site to construct your own timeline for the Civil Rights Era.Web site

5. Standards NCSS: III: People, Places, and Environments South Carolina: Standard 5-5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the social, economic, and political events that influenced the United States during the Cold War era. –Indicator 5-5.3: Explain the advancement of the civil rights movement in the United States, including key events and people: desegregation of the armed forces, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X. (P, G, H)

6. References Smithsonian: http://www.smithsoniansource.org/http://www.smithsoniansource.org/ National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/http://www.archives.gov/ Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/http://www.loc.gov/ PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/segregation.htmlhttp://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/segregation.html Timeline: http://www.teach- nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/http://www.teach- nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/ Civil Rights Website: http://www.crmvet.org/info/sitins.pdfhttp://www.crmvet.org/info/sitins.pdf The Sit- Ins: http://www.sitins.com/index.shtmlhttp://www.sitins.com/index.shtml Checked by: Shelby Stewart