Module 1 - Unit 2 - Lesson 5

Chicago Freedom Movement

Grade K-5

Lesson Overview

Learning Targets/Objectives:

Discuss the purpose of the Chicago Freedom Movement.
Understand the role of the Chicago Freedom Movement during the Civil Rights Movement.

Success Criteria:

Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of the Chicago Freedom Movement by creating a Chicago Campaign Sign.
Write a letter to Mayor Richard J. Daley asking for fair housing in Chicago.

Social Emotional Openers (SEL)

SEL Opener:

Show a map of Chicago, Illinois. Have the students describe its location in comparison to Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia.
Discussion: Ask the students if they think segregation in the North was the same as what was happening in the South.

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Activities/Choice Board

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Grade 6-12

Lesson Overview

Learning Targets/Objectives:

Define and compare de jure segregation and de facto segregation
Describe residential segregation as a fundamental cause for the denial of capital, geographic concentration of poverty, health disparities, and de facto segregation of public schools
Discuss why Martin Luther King Jr. and his family moved to Chicago in 1966 and the implications of the Chicago Campaign’s “Operation Breadbasket”

Success Criteria:

Create a video essay reconstructing the key historical moments of Dr. King’s Chicago Movement.

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Adaptations for Student Needs

IEP

Sizes of student groups range
Students team up with a peer partner, while others would prefer to work individually.
There is a variety of small-group work
Chunking information
Visual cues and wait time
Visual supports (maps, images, PowerPoint slides, handouts)
Assessments will be modified, and students given extra time

ELD

Modified/simplified reading material
Content-related lists/handouts of key terms
Text is supported by visuals and connected to real-life experiences

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