The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of the Civil Rights Movement

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.02.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Objectives
  2. Strategies
  3. Notes
  4. Teacher's Bibliography
  5. Videos
  6. Websites
  7. Appendix

Hispanic Identity: From Dreams to Civic Participation

Meredith Charlton Tilp

Published September 2009

Tools for this Unit:

Videos

PBS: A Class Apart, Hérnandez v. Texas 1954.

This film provides an excellent example of discrimination against Mexican-Americans leading up to the Supreme Court decision of 1954.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/class/teacherResources/

PBS: El Senador: The Life & Career of US Senator Dennis Chavez,

Viva La Causa: The Story of Cesar Chavez

http://www.tolerance.org/teach/resources/viva_lacausa.jsp

This videos are accompanied by great lesson plans from Teaching Tolerance. Each of the Videos has a teacher's guide with standards based lesson plans

Comments:

Mary Gladys Mendoza

January 22, 2010 at 9:36 am

RLT's Niece

My Uncle Reies Lopez Tijerina has stated, "I never lost a case". I just happened on this site.:)

Nagla Bedir

May 19, 2014 at 7:58 am

Resources & Praise

This is a great unit - One that I would really like to implement in my civics class. Are there any more concrete resources for this unit? I could not find the attachments that it mentions. Thank you! Nagla

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