Montgomery Lesson Plans & Classroom Activities

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Newscast Activity

This is not a war between the white and the Negro but a conflict between justice and injustice. If we are arrested every day, if we are exploited every day, if we are trampled over every day, don't ever let anyone pull you so low as to hate them. We must use the weapon of love.

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Montgomery, Alabama, 1955      

Objectives:

The newscast activity allows students to present historical information in a context in which they are familiar—the newscast. This activity will encourage research skills as well as reporting skills.

Using the Montgomery Bus Boycott as their historical event, the students will develop a 5 minutes newscast with an anchorperson and reporters stationed at different sites.

Visit http://www.bamaed.ua.edu/~mrice/AETC/news.htm to learn more about the newscast format

Evaluation:

Technical Aspects of the Newscast                                         

·       Did the presentation run properly?

·       Was sound added?

·       Were at least 5 graphics included?

Content (e.g., historical accuracy)

·       Were 10 sources used?

·       Was the 5 source limit on Internet resources met?

Group Dynamics

·       How did the peers evaluate with each student?

·       Did the student contribute to the project?

Presentation Elements

·       Did all members participate in the presentation?

·       Was proper grammar used?

·       Did the newscasters communicate their ideas to the audience?

Websites Approved for Newscast Research:

http://www.mecca.org/~crights/montgomery.html

http://www.core-online.org/history/montgomery%20boycott.htm

http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/

http://www.tsum.edu/museum/busboycott.htm

http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/USA/MontBus.html

http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa082001a.htm

http://www.africanaonline.com/montgomery.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmontgomeryB.htm

http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec55qs.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm

http://www.africana.com/research/encarta/boycott.asp

 

Developed by: Alabama Focus on Civil Rights Educators