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Year 11
AQA
Black Power and the Civil Rights Movement
I can explain the impact of the Black Power Movement in the USA in the 1960s and 1970s.
New
New
Year 11
AQA
Black Power and the Civil Rights Movement
I can explain the impact of the Black Power Movement in the USA in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Malcolm X helped develop many ideas which inspired the Black Power Movement.
- The Black Power Movement was radical.
- The Black Panther Party was one of the most well known Black Power groups.
- Membership of the Black Panther Party was relatively small.
- The Black Panthers provided many services to support African American communities.
Keywords
Radical - the belief in the need for big social, political and economic changes
Separatism - the belief that people from different backgrounds should be kept apart from one another
Heritage - characteristics belonging to a particular culture, such as language or music
Common misconception
Black Power groups only focused on the use of violence.
Groups such as the Black Panthers provided many services to support black communities, such as free breakfast programmes.
Get students to discuss why some athletes recently 'took the knee' before sporting events and how people reacted to this. Then share negative media and public reactions to Tommie Smith and John Carlos giving the black power salute. Ask why the athletes may have decided to act in this way.
Teacher tip
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of serious crime
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
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6 Questions
Q1.
Write the missing word. A is an area of a city where people of a particular race or religion live, especially a poor area.
Q2.
Who is often considered the leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s?
John F Kennedy
Lyndon B Johnson
Rosa Parks
Q3.
What types of protest is the March on Washington an example of?
legal action
violent protest
Q4.
In which city did Martin Luther King lead a freedom movement in 1966?
Birmingham
Selma
Washington
Q5.
What did the actions of people during the March on Washington help to demonstrate?
disorganisation of the Civil Rights Movement
police brutality towards civil rights protestors
Q6.
Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
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6 Questions
Q1.
What word refers to the belief that the people from different backgrounds should be kept apart from one another?
Q2.
Malcolm X was a spokesman for which radical group?
Q3.
Which of the following actions did Tommie Smith and John Carlos carry out at the 1968 Mexico Olympics?
refused to wear Team USA kit
covered their ears during the US national anthem
Q4.
Write the missing number. Over children were fed by the Free Breakfast for Children Program in the first year after it began.
Q5.
Which statement is most accurate?
The Black Panthers had no radical policies.
The Black Panthers only ever acted non-violently.
Q6.
Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
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