Black Power: Structured Academic Controversy

Alabama State Standards

The learning goals for this lesson meet the following 9th Grade World History standards in the Alabama Course of Study:

12.) Trace events of the modern Civil Rights Movement from post-World War II to 1970 that resulted in social and economic changes, including the Montgomery bus boycott, the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, the march on Washington, and the Freedom Rides.

• Describing the development of a Black Power movement, including the change in focus of the SNCC, the rise of Malcolm X, and Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panther Movement

National History Standard

The following National History Standards for World History were addressed in this lesson:

Era 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)

• Standard 4: The struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil liberties

The following National History Standards for Historical Thinking were addressed in this unit:

• Standard 2: Historical Comprehension
  • Standards A, C, E and F
• Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
  • Standards, F, H
• Standard 4: Historical Research Capabilities
  • Standards, A, C, and F
• Standard 5: Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making
  • Standards D,E, and F

National Council for the Social Studies Standards

The learning goals for this unit correspond with the following NCSS Thematic Strands:

Strand II: Time, Continuity, and Change

• Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ways human beings view themselves in and over time.

Strand V: Individuals, Groups, and Institutions

• Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions.

Strand VI: Power, Authority, and Governance

• Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people create and change structures of power, authority, and governance.