Civil Rights in America
The aim of this lesson is to assess how far Jesse Owens inspired the Civil Rights Movement. It is also a great one off lesson to use for Black History Month.
Students begin by analysing his early childhood and how his athletic talents was spotted at a young age.
Students will also assess how Jesse coped with racism in the segregated south with the Jim Crow Laws and judge how far this impacted upon his athletics career.
There is a chronological exercise to complete, together with video footage of Hitler and the Berlin Olympics in Nazi Germany and some differentiated questioning on his medals, achievements and legacy.
A true or false quiz at the end will attempt to question how Jesse Owens was received back in the USA after the Berlin Olympics in Nazi Germany and how far his life changed.
The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning.
The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.
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