Use this lesson with the Freedom Riders Narrative; The March on Birmingham Narrative; the Black Power Narrative; the Martin Luther King Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 1963 Primary Source; the Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream," August 28, 1963 Primary Source; the Civil Disobedience across Time Lesson; and The Music of the Civil Rights Movement Lesson to discuss the different aspects of the civil rights movement during the 1960s.

In this lesson, developed by and included with the permission of TeachRock, students will examine 10 primary source documents to answer the essential question: In what ways did the civil rights movement mark a turning point in U.S. history?

Access Civil Rights DBQ and accompanying materials on TeachRock’s website.