Recommended for Third Grade to Twelfth Grade
American Experience "Freedom Riders"
Premiering on Alabama Public Television - Monday, May 16, 2011
Watch the full episode. See more American Experience.
APTPLUS-Alabama Public Television
Alabama Stories "Freedom Rides 1961" videos (10 segments)
APTPLUS-Alabama Public Television
Alabama Stories "Marching Into History" videos (10 segments)
Follow the "Freedom Riders" Blog
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/2011/
Oprah "Freedom Riders" Unite After 50 Years
http://www.oprah.com/showinfo/Oprah-Honors-American-Heroes-The-Freedom-Riders-Reunite
American Experience “Freedom Riders” Trailer and Resources (including other video clips)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/watch
(includes updates on Twitter)
"Get on the Bus" 2011 Recreation of the 1961 Freedom Rides
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/2011/itinerary/
Interactive Map of the Freedom Rides
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/rides
Thinkfinity Lesson Plan
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/kennedy-administration-and-civil-rights-movement
Freedom Riders Resources
http://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/Freedom_Riders/Resources
The Lunch Counter
Go behind the scenes on February 1, 1960 as four African-American students from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical College walked into a Greensboro F.W. Woolworth and sat down at the white-only lunch counter, refusing to leave until they were served.
http://www.objectofhistory.org/objects/intro/lunchcounter/
Black History Resources
http://www.aresearchguide.com/300-331.html#301.45 (scroll down to Dewey Decimal number 305.896 for more)
Interactive Civil Rights Timeline
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/jbalkin/brown/index.html
History Mystery-Interactive Game
Civil Rights Part 1 - Solve the mystery in the fewest clues
http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?game=2
The Road to Civil Rights - An Interactive Map
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/green/sns-civilrights-maps,0,5200761.mapmashup
Last Updated May 13, 2011
