1. By Sydney Tiiman

2. The student will learn...  The Civil Rights Movement  Four famous African American Heroes  Four famous African American Events THIS POWERPOINT IS MADE FOR 5 TH GRADERS! TEACHING OBJECTIVES

3. The movement for racial equality in the United States, known as the civil rights movement, Started in the late 1950s. The movement also achieved the passage of equal-rights laws in the mid-1960s intended to end discrimination against people because of their race. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

4. Rosa Parks was an African-American woman who refused to give up her seat while she was riding the community bus. Usually, African-Americans are forced to be seated in the back of the bus, so the white passengers would be able to seat where ever they would like to sit. ROSA PARKS

5. The great civil rights activist who was the leading force behind the withdrawal of segregation laws in the 1960's. Is known for his Speech, “I have a dream” MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

6. The 44th President of the United States and the first African American to obtain this office; President Obama had served as the U.S. Senator from Illinois. The first African-American to ever be a President PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

7. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century OPRAH WINFREY

8. One of the most popular and most still remembered speeches of all time! A 17 min public speech by martin Luther king Jr. that happened on August, 28 1963. was a defining moment in the civil rights movement ! I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH

9. Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery and becomes one of the most effective and celebrated leaders of the Underground Railroad; organized system for helping fugitive slaves escape to Canada or to areas of safety in free states. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.

10. The Civil War was a conflict (1861–1865) between the Northern states (the Union) and the Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederacy. CIVIL WAR

11. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" of a bus to a white passenger on December 1. In response to her arrest Montgomery's black community launch a successful year-long bus boycott. Montgomery's buses are desegregated on Dec. 21, 1956 BACK OF THE BUS

12. BOOKS FOR THE KIDS

13.  http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/tp/famousafricanamericans.htm http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/tp/famousafricanamericans.htm  http://www.factmonster.com/spot/bhmbios1.html http://www.factmonster.com/spot/bhmbios1.html  http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmtimeline.html http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmtimeline.html  http://www.infoplease.com/black-history-month/ http://www.infoplease.com/black-history-month/ WEBSITES Famous African Americans: Famous African American history: