USA - A Divided Union: The Crisis at Little Rock

PowerPoint (with 5 slides) and two word documents that examines the causes and consequences of the crisis at Central High School, Little Rock in 1957 as part of a wider series of lessons on the Civil Rights Movement in America.

Activities include

• Quick Quiz recapping previous learning on the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• Starter activity on why a photo of the Little Rock Nine attending school is unusual.
• Reading & comprehension activity on the crisis at Little Rock. Pupils complete a table on the attitudes, aims and extent of success of the key figures and groups involved in the crisis.
• Discussion on why Governor Faubus pursued the policy he did, linked to prior learning on the obstacles black people faced in the south when trying to vote.
• Source analysis exercise on the key reason Eisenhower chose to intervene.
• Plenary discussion on why Little Rock was the key turning point for integrating schools after the initial resistance to Brown vs Board of Education (with supporting statistics).

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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