Connect students directly to the concept in a personal way. Capture students' attention by initiating a group problem-solving activity before delivery of instruction. Begin with a situation that is familiar to students and builds on what they already know. Construct a learning experience that allows diverse and personal student responses. Facilitate the work of cooperative teams of students.
Tour the Civil Rights Institute
Objective: The learner will visually experience what life for minorities was like in the South before the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement.
Activity: Take the class on a field trip to a Civil Rights Institute. Students should have a visual experience of what daily and economic life for minorities was like before the Civil Rights legislation in the 1960’s.
