Success of Civil Rights Movement in USA 1960s through sources (tone & emphasis) - AS/ A Level, AQA

Lesson targeting students’ difficulties with analysing tone and emphasis for source questions, using content on the Civil Rights Movement in America (Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael). Lesson was rated outstanding and received excellent feedback from student voice!

1. Students analyse 2 speeches by CRM leaders in the 1960s. Starter activity is designed to emphasise the importance of tone: the 2 men are talking about the same thing but there is a BIG contrast in TONE (source material provided).

2. Students view short clip from The Apprentice to practice analysing and evaluating tone. (Clip still works!)

3. In small groups, students use worksheet with structured questions to move from describing tone (a list of adjectives provided to help) through to analysing and then evaluating it. Allows students to work at most appropriate level and benefit from understanding of others. Followed by class discussion of findings.

4. Plenary: students view exemplar analysis and evaluation of one of the
   speeches and must explain what makes it such a good answer!

NB As this was an observation lesson, there is extensive explanation and justification of activities in the notes section of the slides.