The student will use Media Center resources to research groups active in the civil rights movement of the 60s: NAACP, CORE, SCLC, SNCC, Black Muslims, Black Panthers, Black Caucus, and Urban League.

Outcome 2: Students will be able to locate resources to meet an identified need.

C. Locate appropriate resources to meet information need.

Outcome 3: Students will be able to gather relevant information from appropriate resources.

Indicators:
A: Generate appropriate search terminology and strategies.
B: Evaluate specific resources to determine accuracy and relevance of content.

Outcome 5: Students will be able to interpret information to generate new understandings and knowledge.

Indicators:
A. Analyze data and information for meaning.
B: Apply critical thinking and problem solving strategies.

Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks

Click on Proceed. Choose the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click on "Show All" and search in the sets -- American Decades, The Sixties in America Reference Library, or the Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History.

 

Oxford African American Studies Center

 

ABC-CLIO American History

 

U.S. History Resource Center (Gale Cengage)

 

Student Resource Center (Gold -- Gale Cengage)

 

SIRS Knowledge Source

 

 

Online Encyclopedias:

 

Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition

 

World Book Online Reference Center

 

NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

CORE: Congress of Racial Equality

SCLC: Southern Christian Leadership Conference

SNCC 1960-1966 Six Years of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The 60s religious group has no contemporary counterpart, but the following links are helpful.

SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference
Black Muslims: The 60s religious group has no contemporary counterpart. See references above about the group.

Black Panthers: WHAT WAS THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY?

Black Caucus: The Congressional Black Caucus

Urban League: National Urban League