Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Ed kit with DVD
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Southern Poverty Law Center, United States
Subject
Education
Description
Grade Level: Grades 6 to 8 Grades 9 to 12
This film tells the story of a courageous group of students and teachers who, along with other activists, fought a nonviolent battle to win voting rights for African Americans in the South. Standing in their way: a century of Jim Crow, a resistant and segregationist state, and a federal government slow to fully embrace equality. By organizing and marching bravely in the face of intimidation, violence, arrest and even murder, these change-makers achieved one of the most significant victories of the civil rights era.
The Selma-to-Montgomery legacy includes the sacrifices of young people whose history is seldom told. Share their stories with your students.
Teachers can order this kit for free.
The kit includes:
The documentary, Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot (40 minutes);
A viewer's guide to help you plan how you'll teach about the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and voting issues today;
A timeline of activities and events leading up to and following the marches;
A map of Alabama illustrated with locations significant to the voting rights struggle.
This film tells the story of a courageous group of students and teachers who, along with other activists, fought a nonviolent battle to win voting rights for African Americans in the South. Standing in their way: a century of Jim Crow, a resistant and segregationist state, and a federal government slow to fully embrace equality. By organizing and marching bravely in the face of intimidation, violence, arrest and even murder, these change-makers achieved one of the most significant victories of the civil rights era.
The Selma-to-Montgomery legacy includes the sacrifices of young people whose history is seldom told. Share their stories with your students.
Teachers can order this kit for free.
The kit includes:
The documentary, Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot (40 minutes);
A viewer's guide to help you plan how you'll teach about the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and voting issues today;
A timeline of activities and events leading up to and following the marches;
A map of Alabama illustrated with locations significant to the voting rights struggle.
Number of Copies
1
