Civil Rights Opposition - Emmett Till - USA Conflict Home & Abroad - GCSE Edexcel - Lesson 8

**This lesson examines the reasons why there was opposition to the civil rights movement in the 1950s and with this includes a study of the murder of Emmett Till. **

I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.

The presentation includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-5: Unit Recap of the main civil rights groups with answers and printable resources
Slide 6: A higher ability starter task which recaps the main civil rights groups
Slide 7: A Source Inference practice question
Slide 8: A ‘How useful’ practice question with help to structure and answer the question
Slide 9: Model answer to the ‘How useful’ question.
Slide 10: Printable student answer sheet for the ‘How useful’ question
Slide 11: Think & Discuss question
Slide 12-14: Animated background information about the murder of Emmett Till and growth of opposition to civil rights
Slide 15: Printable student worksheet (including source based questions about Emmett Till)
Slide 16: Printable table for students to make notes about the reasons for opposition and evaluate their role
Slide 17-18: Practice 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with advice about structure and how to answer the question
Slide 19: Challenge question
Slide 20-21: Unit 1 recap quiz of the key individuals and name included in unit 1.
Slides 22-23: Lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification

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