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- K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Civil War K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Civil War
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- K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Inquiry in American History K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Inquiry in American History
- K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Reconstruction and the Early Struggle for Equality K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Reconstruction and the Early Struggle for Equality
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7 The Long Civil Rights Movement
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5.49 Analyze the work of activists, including but not limited to Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, and A. Philip Randolph, and grassroots acts of resistance following the end of slavery through the 20th century to determine when the Civil Rights Movement began.
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5.5 Evaluate the impact of Tape v. Hurley, Plessy v. Ferguson, Piper v. Big Pine School, Mendez v. Westminster and Brown v. Board of Education on school segregation and the movement for equality.
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5.51 Evaluate different strategies for resistance to Jim Crow laws in the South in the 20th century, such as boycotts, legal battles and direct action organized by grassroots groups such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Congress for Racial Equality (CORE).
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5.52 Evaluate the reasons for and resistance to segregation in the North and West, including the impact of redlining and uprisings.
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5.53 Evaluate the impact of key moments and figures in the fight for Black equality and voting rights including but not limited to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Rides, sit-in protests, the Little Rock Nine and the March on Washington.
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5.54 Compare the efforts and impact of diverse groups and organizations inspired by the African American Civil Rights movement to address inequalities in American society including but not limited to the gay rights movement, the Stonewall Uprising, the American Indian Movement (AIM), the United Farm Workers, the Women's Liberation Movement, the Asian American Movement, the Disability Rights Movement, the Chicano Movement and Latinx resistance.
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5.55 Evaluate the impact and influence of historical movements for justice and equality on modern social movements and organizations.
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5.56 Analyze methods of impacting political change, and develop a plan for taking action to address an issue of local, national, or global concern.