{"id":6481,"date":"2022-07-26T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2022-07-26T12:16:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T16:16:28","slug":"celebrate-the-signing-of-the-civil-rights-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2022\/07\/celebrate-the-signing-of-the-civil-rights-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Signing of the Civil Rights Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Explained | This Day Forward | msnbc\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6x0l_vkjozc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/milestone-documents\/civil-rights-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Civil Rights Act<\/a> that banned discrimination in public places, provided for integrating schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. It was the most comprehensive civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. Teach your students about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/exhibits\/civil-rights-act\/civil-rights-act-of-1964.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Civil Rights Act<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-JUL-26-Teach-Your-Students-to-be-Global-Digital-Citizens-Silva.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-JUL-26-Teach-Your-Students-to-be-Global-Digital-Citizens-Silva-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-JUL-26-Teach-Your-Students-to-be-Global-Digital-Citizens-Silva-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-JUL-26-Teach-Your-Students-to-be-Global-Digital-Citizens-Silva-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-JUL-26-Teach-Your-Students-to-be-Global-Digital-Citizens-Silva.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Civil Rights Movement is a vast subject with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilrightsteaching.org\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many perspectives<\/a>. First, provide students with background regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningforjustice.org\/sites\/default\/files\/kits\/A_Time_for_Justice_Teachers_Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Civil Rights Movement<\/a> as a whole. Many resources are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.promotingsuccessprintablesblog.com\/2019\/07\/10-civil-rights-movement-activities-for.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">elementary<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/app.box.com\/s\/2cp9kxzcefrgfm200hvc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">secondary<\/a> ranging from entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/sites\/default\/files\/splc_civil_rights_activity_book_online.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">activity books<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/teachers\/classrooms\/lbj-and-the-civil-rights-movement-of-the-1960s.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">short lesson plans.<\/a> You can teach the topic in different ways, from <a href=\"https:\/\/edsitement.neh.gov\/lesson-plans\/ordinary-people-ordinary-places-civil-rights-movement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">places and people<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilrightsteaching.org\/traditional-narrative\/view-from-trenches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">teaching beyond the traditional narrative<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/newseumed.org\/tools\/video-page\/press-and-civil-rights-movement-video-and-lesson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press&#8217;s role<\/a> in the movement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningforjustice.org\/professional-development\/teaching-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teaching<\/a> about the Civil Rights Act can engage students of all ages. Your approach can be simple or more complex, depending on your needs. You may use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icivics.org\/teachers\/lesson-plans\/civil-rights-act-1964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one lesson<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/sites\/default\/files\/civil-rights-act-of-1964-7-ways-to-commemorate-the-anniversary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multiple lessons<\/a> based on your pacing guide. Help students view the impact of the Civil Rights Act through multiple lenses. For example, it can be taught based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.docsteach.org\/activities\/teacher\/the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-and-the-equal-employment-opportunity-commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">employment<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunhardtfilmfoundation.org\/attachment\/en\/5b64a8a46aa72ce4430396a1\/TextOneColumnWithImageAndFile\/5f6c9fb05fc138262a5b63fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">struggle for racial equality<\/a>, or even <a href=\"https:\/\/missourilawyershelp.org\/lessons-plans\/the-civil-rights-act-of-1964\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">current events<\/a>. Take your teaching further by delving into the civil rights movement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zinnedproject.org\/if-we-knew-our-history\/civil-rights-movement-after-1965-not-in-textbooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">after 1965<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Celebrate the Civil Rights Act in your classroom! As always, check out the TeachersFirst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachersfirst.com\/search_action.cfm?grade_low=0&amp;grade_high=12&amp;searchtext=civil+rights+act&amp;searchtype=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resources<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?s=civil+rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog<\/a> for more helpful teaching tips around Civil Rights. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act that banned discrimination in public places, provided for integrating schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. It was the most comprehensive civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. Teach your students about the Civil Rights Act! The Civil Rights Movement is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2022\/07\/celebrate-the-signing-of-the-civil-rights-act\/\" class=\"more-link\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[203,46,81],"class_list":["post-6481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classroom-application","tag-civil-rights","tag-lesson-ideas","tag-u-s-history"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6481"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6532,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481\/revisions\/6532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}