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Using U.S. map students will trace the route of the Freedom Riders.

Objective: Students will trace the route the freedom riders used during their travels through the South.

Activity: Students will use political maps of the time, lecture notes, as well as the Internet to plot the routes taken by the Freedom Riders of CORE. Routes should include major stops and events for “Riders”. Students work in groups or alone to draw their own maps on posters, tracing routes of Freedom Riders.

Students will be provided with a set of coordinates and a political map of the United States. Students will use latitude and longitude to identify various areas of relevance (Washington D.C.; Atlanta and Albany, Greorgia; Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee; Selma, Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama; Greensboro, North Carolina; Jackson and Philadelphia, Mississippi) to the movement.

Assessment: Examination of information contained in routes.