Civil Rights (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780778715535)

The Civil Rights Movement was an organized protest by black Americans against their government and the refusal to obey unjust laws during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. This important book details the evidence in the decades before the movement that led up to the protests: black Americans were denied the right to vote, work, and become citizens. Readers will learn how prejudice and circumstances at the time of an event can influence people's interpretation of evidence. They will discover how evidence from both sides of the Civil Rights struggle was used to change and create laws, and how, even today, our opinion of the Civil Rights Movement is still changing. Readers will learn how to use critical thinking in their own examinations of evidence. Present-day examples show how history repeats itself when evidence is denied or interpreted to one side's benefit. Teacher's guide available.

Author: Hilarie Staton
ISBN-10: 0778715531
ISBN-13: 9780778715535
Publisher: Crabtree Classics
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2015
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.10w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 173418 / Civil Rights