Question

Step 1: Review the following sources to begin to understand the causes and effects

the Civil Rights Movement:

Source 1-Teaching Hard History: Slavery Key Concept 4

Source 2-Teaching Hard History: Slavery Key Concept 8

Source 3-The Thirteenth Amendment: An End to American Slavery

Source 4-We Shall Overcome Lyrics

Source 5-Harlem by Langston Hughes

Source 6-Emmett Till's Death inspired a Movement

Source 7-Rosa Parks Explained

Source 8- Massacres in US History

Source 9-Prison Policy Initiative

Source 10-Who can vote?

Step 2:

Brainstorm a list (at least three) of the following based on your critical reading of the sources above.

Factors that lead to the Civil Rights Movement

Important Events that illustrate the movement

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Step 3:

Research extension - Research the effects of the Civil Rights Movement. What remnants of the movement are still visible today?

Effects of the Civil Rights Movement

Select an effect that is directly tied to the causes established in the sources provided in Step 1 (i.e voting rights, protests, criminal justice reform, etc.).

Source

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Based on your research pathway, what claim will your paper prove? This will be your thesis statement.

1. What is your main conclusion about your topic?

2. What is the main argument for your conclusion?

3. Combine the two previous responses to create your thesis statement here.

Step 4:

Now that you have an understanding of the causes and effects of the Civil Rights Movement, compose a synthesis essay explaining your findings. You must include information from at least three sources (at least two per body paragraph) and may mix the provided sources with your researched sources.

Type the rough draft Synthesis Essay in the box below. The draft you submit as your portfolio should be in MLA format with a works cited page.

Answer 1

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