USA - A Divided Union: The Birmingham Campaign

PowerPoint (with 6 slides) and one Word Document that examines Martin Luther King’s Birmingham Freedom Marches of 1963 as part of the wider Civil Rights Movement. It considers the consequences of the campaign and whether it can be judged a success or a failure.

Activities include

• Starter activity in which students order the stages of the non-violent direct action tactic.
• Reading and comprehension activity on the events of the Birmingham Campaign.
• Source inspired discussion on the morality of the Children’s Crusade.
• Source analysis activity on a Kennedy quote about Bull Connor.
• Ranking activity on the consequences of the Birmingham Campaign.
• Interpretation question to write or discuss whether the campaign can be judged a success.

Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 1 Depth Study 7 A Divided Union: civil rights in the USA, 1945-74.

Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

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