Second Grade Unit Five: Georgians & Civil Rights

1. Second Grade Unit Five: Georgians & Civil Rights Sarah Blascovich Brown Teacher on Assignment

2. What really matters in Unit Five? In addition: *Use Unit Five as a review of economics concepts like scarcity & opportunity cost. *Review the regions of Georgia to discuss differences in where Dr. King & Jackie Robinson lived in the state. *Movement (as a geographical concept) is very important in the lives of both men, and tracking where they lived provides great map skill practice. • Who are Dr. King & Jackie Robinson? • Why do we remember them today? • How did where they lived affect them? • How did they influence our state & nation (even today)? • What choices did they have to make? • What were the results of those choices (positive & negative)? • How are our lives different from theirs?

3. Georgians Active in Civil Rights: Pictures: New Georgia Encyclopedia

4. From the Unit Five Framework:

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6. From the Unit Five Framework: http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/jackie-robinson/

7. A little more than just Georgia… http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_USA_with_state_names.svg/700px-Map_of_USA_with_state_names.svg.png

8. A little more than just Georgia… http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_USA_with_state_names.svg/700px-Map_of_USA_with_state_names.svg.png

9. Resources: • The New Georgia Encyclopedia (Robinson): http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1969&sug=y • The New Georgia Encyclopedia (King):http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1009&hl=y • The New Georgia Encyclopedia (segregation-teacher reference & photographs):http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3610&sug=y

10. Resources: • The King Papers Project @ Stanford: http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/ • Kid-Friendly MLK Biography from the Library of Congress:http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/king • Slide Show from later in MLK’s life at Scholastic:http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/mlk/news/index.asp?article=previews# • Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site: http://www.nps.gov/malu/ • The King Center for Non-Violent Social Change: http://www.thekingcenter.org/

11. Resources: • Official Jackie Robinson Website: http://www.jackierobinson.com/ • Kid-Friendly Robinson Biography from the Library of Congress: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jp/bball/jackie_1 • Robinson Timeline from Scholastic: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4797 • BioCube Lesson plan from ReadWriteThink: http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=409 • Time for Kids articles & lesson help: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,714576,00.html

12. Literature Resources: Martin Luther King, Jr., by Jill Ward & Jackie Robinson by Dorraine Bennett {State Standards Publishing} ~Also has books about the other Georgia historical figures.~ Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson{Scholastic} Jackie Robinson: Strong Inside & Outby Denise Lewis Patrick{Time for Kids} Jackie Robinson by Phillip Abraham{Children’s Press}

13. Literature Resources: Martin’s Big Wordsby: Doreen Rappaport{Hyperion} My Brother Martinby: Christine K. Ferris{Simon & Schuster} Happy Birthday, Martin Luther Kingby: Jean Marzollo {Scholastic} I Have a Dreamby: M. L. King, Jr.{Scholastic}

14. Literature Resources: Martin Luther King & the March on Washington by: Frances Ruffin {Penguin} Martin Luther King, Jr.by: Wil Mara{Rookie Reader} March On!by: Christine K. Ferris {Scholastic} As Good As Anybodyby: Richard Michelson{Random House}

15. Literature Resources: Freedom Summerby: Deborah Wiles{Simon & Schuster} The Other Sideby: Jacqueline Woodson {Penguin} Freedom on the Menuby: Carole Boston Weatherford {Dial} Rosaby: Nikki Giovanni {Henry Holt & Co.}

16. United Streaming Resources • Search “baseball’s jackierobinson” – archival footage of Robinson, including a shot of him signing his first contract w/Branch Rickey (2.5 min.) • Search “martin’s big words”– video version of Doreen Rappaport’s award-winning book (8 min.) • Search “heroes of american history” and select King excerpt – concise & elementary biography including footage from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech • Use links in Unit Five document!

17. Teaching Unit Five: • Individuals, Groups, & Institutions: • Contributions of Jackie Robinson & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Character traits of figures • How these figures worked to change institutions (laws/customs) • Location • Review ways that geography impacts lifestyle • Discuss movement of figures & its impact on their lives • Use movement of figures to expand students’ understanding of influence of region on people’s lives

18. Teaching Unit Five: • Scarcity • Review scarcity & opportunity cost • Discuss choices made by historical figures & what the opportunity cost was for those choices • Discuss choices that were & were not available for figures, & why that was • Time, Change, and Continuity • Differences in Robinson & King’s lives & ours • Commonalities in experience, especially in childhood • Many opportunities for discussing change for individuals, communities, & larger society