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8th Grade Social Studies, NC History

9.03: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” -Mahatma Gandhi

Setting the scene & time period: (2 minutes)  Take a second and bring students back in time to 1960 in the mist of the civil rights movement. We are now looking back to Greensboro, North Carolina where there were marches, protests, and sit ins evolving. As we continue to reflect on these movements we will have the students examine one of the four perspectives that were present at the Greensboro Sit In ("African Americans at the Counter," "Restaurant Owner," "Police Officers," and "White Customers in Restaurant"). Students will think of the best adjective to describe this person’s perspective and then elaborate using reasons to support their choice. []

Activity One: (5 minutes)  As a table, the students will be given a perspective from the Greensboro Sit In and they will construct a bubble map with their adjective in the center and the supporting reasons around it. We will go around to each table and have them present there bubble map to the class.

Activity Two: (20 minutes)  Students will be given one of five topics to do inquiry based research on as a table. They will present their findings on a poster board using creativity. After every table has completed their research, the tables will present their conclusions to the class. Here is a useful website for research on the Greensboro Sit Ins [] Greensboro Sit In Topics:

1. Events leading up to Sit In 2. Actual Sit in 3. David Richmond and Joseph McNeil (2 sitters) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">4. Jibreel Khazan and Franklin McCain (2 sitters) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">5. After Effects of the Sit in

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Wrapping it up: (7 minutes) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> We will wrap up this lesson by presenting a short you tube video on the Greensboro Sit In. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The way I will determine how much the students have learned will be by their participation and presentations. This lesson can be continued further with their own research and a short paper explaining their findings and how it has affected their life.