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Active Viewing: Eyes on the Prize "Awakenings"
In this activity students analyze the reasons why the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted so long and was successful. Students watch a short clip from the PBS documentary Eyes on the Prize about the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Then students analyze primary [...]
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Postwar America (1946-1975)
Expanding the Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
In this lesson students will examine three documents about the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956) to determine the importance of local activists, especially women, in the civil rights movement. This lesson might serve as an introduction to a unit [...]
Tags: Boycotts, Other Teaching Activity
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Postwar America (1946-1975)