Standing Up by Sitting Down

Think-Pair-Share

Directions: After viewing the video, use the Think-Pair-Share protocol to respond to the question below. First, think about your response independently. Next, discuss your ideas with a partner. Finally, be prepared to share your thinking with the class.

• Who were the Freedom Riders, and why were they important?

Part A: Jigsaw Reading of Segregation Resources

Jigsaw Reading: Expert Groups

Directions: Use the Jigsaw Worksheet graphic organizer to identify evidence showing how your assigned system operated. Record details from the text that explain how the system worked and what impact it had, and answer the following questions:

• What laws, rules, or social customs are described?

• How did these rules impact a person’s rights or responsibilities in public life?

Part B: Jigsaw Deep Dive

Jigsaw Reading: Home Group Share

Directions: Return to your home group and share what you learned in your expert group. As you listen to each group member, use the information they share to complete the remaining sections of your Jigsaw Worksheet graphic organizer. Work together to identify the political, legal, and social systems that maintained segregation and answer the following question:

• We looked at a timeline (Civil Rights Act), a legal history (Brown v. Board), and a narrative/visual account (“Standing Up by Sitting Down”). How does the format of your specific resource help you interpret the motives or the human impact of the system it describes differently from your partners’ resources?

Think-Pair-Share

Directions: In pairs, discuss the following closing question:

• Based on what you’ve learned about segregation and the Civil Rights Era so far, what will you be looking for in March to help answer the Essential Question “How does storytelling become a tool for civic change?”