Name: ___________________________________________________________________________ Date: ____________________ Period:

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BASIC INFORMATION

THEIR WORLD

I am researching _____________________

What was happening to or around the people they were

fighting for?
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Lived from ____________ to ____________

Claim to fame: ________________________

(Source # _____)

Civil rights movement (circle one):

LGBT
Black
Women
Disability
Peace
Class
Religious
Children

(Source # _____)

Family or important people in

their life:
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(Source # _____)

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Their inspiration/ why they are an activist:

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(Source # _____)

A powerful quote they said about their cause:

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(Source # _____)

TOP 5 MOMENTS IN THEIR LIFE

1. MOMENT: _________________________________________________________________________ Year: _______________ (Source # _____)
Details (who, what, when, where of moment) _______________________________________________________________________
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Why its important: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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2. MOMENT: _________________________________________________________________________ Year: _______________ (Source # _____)

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Why its important: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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3. MOMENT: _________________________________________________________________________ Year: _______________ (Source # _____)

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4. MOMENT: _________________________________________________________________________ Year: _______________ (Source # _____)

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5. MOMENT: _________________________________________________________________________ Year: _______________ (Source # _____)

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Harvey Milk
Lady Gaga
Judy Shepard

POSSIBLE SOURCES
Check off the ones that are relevant to your Civil Rights activist. Record which
source you used for each piece of information in your research guide.
SOURCE 1: Timeline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/stonewall/
SOURCE 2: Biography
http://milkfoundation.org/about/harvey-milk-biography/
SOURCE 3: News article about charity
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-swearer-phd/born-this-way-foundationreaching-young-people-directly_b_6606762.html
SOURCE 4: Biography
http://www.biography.com/people/lady-gaga-481598#professional-debut
SOURCE 5: Foundation information page
http://www.matthewshepard.org/our-works/speakers-bureau/judy-speaking
SOURCE 6: Interactive map
http://www.hrc.org/state_maps

Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Ruby Bridges
Ezell Blair, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

POSSIBLE SOURCES
Check off the ones that are relevant to your Civil Rights activist. Record which
source you used for each piece of information in your research guide.
SOURCE 1: Background
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement
SOURCE 2: Biography
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks
SOURCE 3: Timeline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/malcolmx/timeline/index.html
SOURCE 4: Informational webpage
http://www.rubybridges.com/
SOURCE 5: Informational interactive website
http://www.sitins.com/blairezelle.shtml
SOURCE 6: Nobel Peace Prize winner biography
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Eleanor Roosevelt
Sojourner Truth
Susan B. Anthony

POSSIBLE SOURCES
Check off the ones that are relevant to your Civil Rights activist. Record which
source you used for each piece of information in your research guide.
SOURCE 1: Biography
http://www.nps.gov/wori/historyculture/elizabeth-cady-stanton.htm
SOURCE 2: Timeline
http://www.suffragist.com/timeline.htm
SOURCE 3: Biography
http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=33
SOURCE 4: Interactive Profile
http://www.biography.com/people/sojourner-truth-9511284
SOURCE 5: Interactive biography
http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/susan-b-anthony
SOURCE 6: News story
http://www.today.com/news/feminism-still-relevant-some-women-saying-theydont-need-it-1D79996867

Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Ludwig Guttman

POSSIBLE SOURCES
Check off the ones that are relevant to your Civil Rights activist. Record which
source you used for each piece of information in your research guide.
SOURCE 1: Timeline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/nash/timeline/
SOURCE 2: Timeline
http://www.ncld-youth.info/index.php?id=61
SOURCE 3: Founder page
http://www.specialolympics.org/eunice_kennedy_shriver_biography.aspx
SOURCE 4: History of Paralypics
http://www.paralympic.org/the-ipc/history-of-the-movement
SOURCE 5: Profile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3NVTMSLr2ZT9XSFQzYYbcwf/ludwi
g-guttman-and-the-first-paralympic-games
SOURCE 6: Biographical site
http://www.eunicekennedyshriver.org/

POSSIBLE SOURCES

John Lennon
Yoko Ono
Mahatma Gandhi

Check off the sources that are relevant to your Civil Rights activist. Record which
source you used for each piece of information in your research guide.
SOURCE 1: Biography
http://www.johnlennon.com/biography
SOURCE 2: Article
https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentar
y/john_lennon_the_last_great_anti_war_activist
SOURCE 3: Biography
http://www.biography.com/people/yoko-ono-9542162
SOURCE 4: Interactive webpage
http://www.history.com/topics/mahatma-gandhi
SOURCE 5: Photo gallery
http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1887244,00.html
SOURCE 6: Foundation website
http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/

Roger Williams
Martin Luther

POSSIBLE SOURCES
Check off the sources that are relevant to your Civil Rights activist. Record which
source you used for each piece of information in your research guide.
SOURCE 1: Interactive site
http://www.nps.gov/rowi/historyculture/rogerslife.htm
SOURCE 2: Article
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/god-government-and-roger-williamsbig-idea-6291280/?no-ist
SOURCE 3: Biography
http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-9389283
SOURCE 4: Interactive webpage
http://www.pbs.org/empires/martinluther/about_driv.html
SOURCE 5: Article
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/americas-true-history-of-religioustolerance-61312684/
SOURCE 6: Current article
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/03/economistexplains-19

Rasheen Aldridge
Erin Gruwell

POSSIBLE SOURCES
Check off the sources that are relevant to your Civil Rights activist. Record which
source you used for each piece of information in your research guide.
SOURCE 1: Biography
http://stlpositivechange.org/about-us/rasheen-aldridge-jr
SOURCE 2: Article
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/03/ferguson-activistshares-experience/19815447/
SOURCE 3: Foundation website
http://www.freedomwritersfoundation.org/fw-outreach-EG
SOURCE 4: Interview
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/in-defense-of-thefreedom-writers/262800/
SOURCE 5: News story
http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nbcnews-com/long-story-short-michael-brownshooting-319285827725
SOURCE 6: List
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-education-and-povertyamerica

Joanne Rowling
Nikhil Goyal

POSSIBLE SOURCES
Check off the sources that are relevant to your Civil Rights activist. Record which
source you used for each piece of information in your research guide.
SOURCE 1: Article
http://time.com/3639649/j-k-rowling-orphanages/
SOURCE 2: Biography
http://www.jkrowling.com/en_US/#/about-jk-rowling/biography
SOURCE 3: Foundation website
http://wearelumos.org/
SOURCE 4: Article
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericaswallow/2012/09/05/american-educationsystem-nikhil-goyal/
SOURCE 5: Biography
http://nikhilgoyal.me/about/
SOURCE 6: TED Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEvg2zBYWtU