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Purpose
This wiki has been created to provide a resource for teachers such that they can use Web 2.0 tools to teach a lesson based upon the [|North Carolina Standards for US History] in a New Schools Project Redesign 2.0 Classroom. The lesson is founded upon achieving learning outcomes using the Redesigned Schools Common Instructional Strategies such as collaborative group work, writing to learn, literacy groups, questioning, scaffolding, and classroom talk. These are core strategies that are foundational to all Redesign 2.0 teaching pedagogy in all disciplines. Click Here to learn more about these strategies.

North Carolina Standard Course of Study- United States History
This specific lesson focuses on the major elements of the Civil Rights movement and its impact  (SCOS US History- 11.02).

Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) - The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.


 * 11.02** Trace major events of the Civil Rights Movement and evaluate its impact.

Lesson Synopsis
Students will create a Civil Rights Movement virtual museum. In small groups, participants will research an event as represented by a physical item (artifact) in the Civil Rights Movement and determine what people, places, and outcomes are important and representative of the artifact. Groups will then create an exhibit that may include oral, visual, and written information conveying the significance of the item/event. Once the exhibits are complete, they will be posted on a collaborative wiki workspace. Towards the end of the lesson, participants will then reflect on theirs and other groups’ exhibits.