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Discovering Boston’s Civil Rights StoryCurriculum ObjectivesContent:1. To learn about people, philosophies, tactics and events that happened both nationally and locallyduring the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s2. To research the background of the Civil Rights Movement in Boston by examining the records of theBoston School Committee3. To learn about the inequities that existed for African Americans in Boston during the 1960s, in theareas of housing, employment, education and health4. To learn about the Freedom Movement in Boston, with emphasis on the Stay-Outs and FreedomSchools, Operation Exodus and the visit of Martin Luther King to Boston in April of 19655. To become familiar with the names of some the leaders of the movement in Boston in the 1960s.These leaders include Noel Day, Virgil Wood, Ruth Batson, Melnea Cass, James Breeden, GlendoraPutnam, Horace Selden, Ted Landsmark, Mel King,W. Arthur Garrity and many others.6. To collect the stories of people who experienced the events of the 1960s and 70s in Boston.Skills:1. To analyze statistics about areas of discrimination by using demographic data as evidence2. To understand the methods historians use to draw conclusions from demographic information3. To read and analyze maps to draw conclusions about the significance of population shifts4. To differentiate among descriptions, inferences and value judgments when examining and analyzingprimary sources and images5. To synthesize and evaluate information researched in documents, images and films by writingreflections and short essays6. To work as a group to prepare a short oral presentation7. To develop and carry out an oral history interview8. To present a summary and analysis of the oral history project in a written narrative or paneldiscussionDeeper Understandings:1. The Civil Rights Movement occurred in northern cities as well as the South2. The Movement had roots in a time before the activism of the 1960s3. Individuals in Boston took actions that eventually affected institutions and resulted in change4. First person narratives powerfully communicate past events.Essential Questions:1. How does change happen?2. Do people make history or vice versa?3. Can learning about the past change the learner?5101 Walnut Street, Watertown, MA 02472 * 617.923.9933 * www.primarysource.org