Civil Rights Vocabulary

Introducing students to new terminology at the beginning of a history unit will help them better understand what they're learning about. In this activity, students will create a spider map that illustrates and defines key terms of the Civil Rights Movement. Students should be encouraged to select words they are more unfamiliar with, as this will help them expand their understand.

In an extension activity, teachers can display just the illustrations that students have created to the class, and have students guess which term it is. Students would be able to show off their creativity to their peers while being engaged in a challenging review activity to reinforce the main concepts from this unit.

Civil Rights Terms

• Boycott
• Segregation
• Equality
• Movement
• Non-Violence
• Legislative
• Community
• Oppression
• Provoke
• Expression
• Racism
• Prejudice
• Stereotype
• Sit-In
• Suffrage

Student Instructions

Create a storyboard describing and illustrating important terminology for the Civil Rights Movement.

1. Click "Start Assignment".
2. In the title, type in the term.
3. In the description, type the definition as it relates to the Civil Rights Movement
4. Create an illustration using appropriate scenes, items, and characters.
5. Save and exit when you're done.