Daily Reading and Writing Warm-Ups Civil Rights and Black History Themed

BLACK HISTORY THEMED Daily Reading and Writing Warm-Ups including the History of Discrimination in the United States, the fight for Civil Rights and Martin Luther King, Junior. Each of the passages is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and are written for grades 5 to 9 but will also work for 10-12 as well.

From slavery to civil rights to sports and beyond, these 80 passages promote critical thinking and are ideal for any grade to study Black History and civil rights.

The questions are constructed response and multiple choice and help you incorporate communication, critical thinking, collaboration and creativity into your lessons. They are differentiated and incorporate reading comprehension and fluency. They are Black History, reading and writing themed and ask thought provoking questions to help students become independent thinkers.

Timeline of Discrimination

The Beginnings of the Segregation Stronghold

Plessy v. Ferguson - Separate But Equal

Plessy v. Ferguson - One Judge Did Not Agree

Judge Harlan's Prediction

Plessy and Segregation Today

1619-1865

1712-1776

Founding Fathers

Ben Franklin and Slavery

The Amistad

The Amistad is Not Over

The Amistad Makes it to the Supreme Court

Fugitive Slave Act of 1783

Fugitive Slave Act of 1783 and Martha Washington

The Underground Railroad

Dred Scott, March 6, 1857

John Brown's Raid of October 16, 1859

January 1, 1863 - The Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment

Civil War: Slavery Out - Black Codes In

Reconstruction

40 Acres and a Mule: One More Broken Promise

Reconstruction Dies- The Compromise of 1877

Civil Rights Movement

James Framer, Jr. Civil Rights Leader

Dorothy Height Civil Rights Leader

Freedom Ridders - Inference

Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964 - Inference

Black Voters Today - Still No Equal

Bob Moses Today

Key Moments in the Fight for Civil Rights

Brown v. Board of Education

The Little Rock Nine: September 4,1957

The Little Rock Nine

Interesting Facts About The Little Rock Nine

Wole Soyinka

Maya Angelou - Fact of Opinion

Important Early Dates in the Civil Rights Movement

Slavery in America

The First Slaves in What Would Become United States

The First Slaves in the United States

Harriet Jacobs: Slave - In Her Words

Lucy Berry Delaney Slave - In Her Own Words

Ellen and William Craft - In Their Own Words

Sports Themed

Athletes and Civil Rights: Jack Johnson

Athletes and Civil Rights: Marlin Briscoe

Athletes and Civil Rights: A Man Named Moses

Serena Williams

Athletes and Civil Rights: Jesse Owens

Athletes and The Civil Rights: Alice Coachman

Althea Gibson

Simone Biles Flies through Gymnastics

Stephen Curry and Dell Curry

LeBron James and Michael Jordan

Sheryl Swoops - WMBA-MVP

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Fluency: Civil Rights Movement A

Fluency: Civil Rights Movement B

Civil Rights Movement Comprehension

Fluency: Who is Martin Luther King, Jr. - A

Fluency: Who is Martin Luther King, Jr. - B

Who is MLK Comprehension and Standards Assessment

Fluency: Who is MLK, Jr. Close Read

MLK Facts

MKL Facts Multiple Choice Questions and Descriptive Paragraph

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Nobel Prize A

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Nobel Prize B

March on Washington - A

March on Washington - B

March on Washington Left Hanging

March on Washington Left Hanging Weblink Activity - Optional

Smithsonian Relic Search - March on Washington

Dr. Martin Luther King's Assassination - A

Dr. Martin Luther King's Assassination - B

Dr. Martin Luther King's Assassination Text Evidence

MLK Making Inferences in Non-Fiction - Early Life