Daily Reading and Writing Warm-Ups Civil Rights and Black History Themed (Reading and Writing Daily Warm-Ups for Grades 5-10)

BLACK HISTORY THEMED Daily Reading and Writing Warm-Ups including the History of Discrimination in the United States, the fight for Civil Rights and Martin Luther King, Junior. Each of the passages is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and are written for grades 5 to 9 but will also work for 10-12 as well.

From slavery to civil rights to sports and beyond, these 80 passages promote critical thinking and are ideal for any grade to study Black History and civil rights.

The questions are constructed response and multiple choice and help you incorporate communication, critical thinking, collaboration and creativity into your lessons. They are differentiated and incorporate reading comprehension and fluency. They are Black History, reading and writing themed and ask thought provoking questions to help students become independent thinkers.

Timeline of Discrimination
The Beginnings of the Segregation Stronghold
Plessy v. Ferguson – Separate But Equal
Plessy v. Ferguson – One Judge Did Not Agree
Judge Harlan’s Prediction
Plessy and Segregation Today
1619-1865
1712-1776
Founding Fathers
Ben Franklin and Slavery
The Amistad
The Amistad is Not Over
The Amistad Makes it to the Supreme Court
Fugitive Slave Act of 1783
Fugitive Slave Act of 1783 and Martha Washington
The Underground Railroad
Dred Scott, March 6, 1857
John Brown’s Raid of October 16, 1859
January 1, 1863 – The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment
Civil War: Slavery Out – Black Codes In
Reconstruction
40 Acres and a Mule: One More Broken Promise
Reconstruction Dies– The Compromise of 1877

Civil Rights Movement
James Framer, Jr. Civil Rights Leader
Dorothy Height Civil Rights Leader
Freedom Ridders – Inference
Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964 – Inference
Black Voters Today – Still No Equal
Bob Moses Today
Key Moments in the Fight for Civil Rights
Brown v. Board of Education
The Little Rock Nine: September 4,1957
The Little Rock Nine
Interesting Facts About The Little Rock Nine
Wole Soyinka
Maya Angelou – Fact of Opinion
Important Early Dates in the Civil Rights Movement

Slavery in America
The First Slaves in What Would Become United States
The First Slaves in the United States
Harriet Jacobs: Slave - In Her Words
Lucy Berry Delaney Slave – In Her Own Words
Ellen and William Craft – In Their Own Words

Sports Themed
Athletes and Civil Rights: Jack Johnson
Athletes and Civil Rights: Marlin Briscoe
Athletes and Civil Rights: A Man Named Moses
Serena Williams
Athletes and Civil Rights: Jesse Owens
Athletes and The Civil Rights: Alice Coachman
Althea Gibson
Simone Biles Flies through Gymnastics
Stephen Curry and Dell Curry
LeBron James and Michael Jordan
Sheryl Swoops – WMBA-MVP

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Fluency: Civil Rights Movement A
Fluency: Civil Rights Movement B
Civil Rights Movement Comprehension
Fluency: Who is Martin Luther King, Jr. – A
Fluency: Who is Martin Luther King, Jr. – B
Who is MLK Comprehension and Standards Assessment
Fluency: Who is MLK, Jr. Close Read
MLK Facts
MKL Facts Multiple Choice Questions and Descriptive Paragraph
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Nobel Prize A
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Nobel Prize B
March on Washington - A
March on Washington – B
March on Washington Left Hanging
March on Washington Left Hanging Weblink Activity – Optional
Smithsonian Relic Search – March on Washington
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Assassination - A
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Assassination - B
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Assassination Text Evidence
MLK Making Inferences in Non-Fiction – Early Life