Bring the U.S. Civil Rights Movement to life with this engaging reading comprehension workbook for fifth and sixth grade. Through ten nonfiction activities, students explore segregation, Jim Crow laws, school integration, peaceful protest, racial equality and some of the most important people and events of the Civil Rights Movement while developing essential reading comprehension, vocabulary and critical-thinking skills.

Students will learn about the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, Claudette Colvin, Rosa Parks, the Little Rock Nine, Ruby Bridges, Martin Luther King Jr., the March on Washington, and Malcolm X. Together, these activities help students understand how individuals challenged discrimination, broke racial barriers and helped bring about lasting change in the United States.

What's Included?

Each of the 10 reading comprehension activities includes:

• An engaging nonfiction informational text
• Short-answer comprehension questions
• Multiple-choice quiz
• Crossword puzzle
• Word search
• Answer sheets

Topics Included

1. The U.S. Civil Rights Movement
2. Jackie Robinson
3. Thurgood Marshall
4. Claudette Colvin
5. Rosa Parks
6. The Little Rock Nine
7. Ruby Bridges
8. Martin Luther King Jr.
9. The March on Washington
10. Malcolm X

Perfect For:

• Fifth and sixth grade
• U.S. History and Social Studies
• Civil Rights Movement units
• Black History Month
• Reading comprehension practice
• Biography studies
• Guided reading
• Literacy centers
• Independent work and early finishers
• Homeschool learning
• Sub plans

With a consistent, student-friendly format throughout, this U.S. Civil Rights Reading Comprehension Workbook makes it easy to combine literacy with meaningful history and social studies content. Students can strengthen their nonfiction reading, vocabulary, comprehension and critical-thinking skills while developing a deeper understanding of the struggle for racial equality in America.

Whether you're teaching the Civil Rights Movement, Black History, U.S. History, famous civil rights leaders, or nonfiction reading comprehension, this ready-to-use workbook provides ten engaging activities that can be taught individually or used together as a complete unit.

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