Research Plan 9
Explore the Missouri Civil Rights Movement
Dates: 1819 - present
Grade levels: 8-11
Classes: American History, Missouri History
Questions: 1-46: including multiple choice, completion, bulletin notes, and short answer responses requiring 3-5 sentences.
Video: Fox 2 News – St. Louis, Mo (2:13 min.)
Synopsis: Take your students on a virtual trip exploring the civil rights movement in Missouri since the Missouri Compromise. Students will examine several Supreme Court decisions like Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), Shelley v. Kraemer (1948), and a federal court case Davis v. St. Louis Housing Authority (1952). This research plan will highlight two African-American pioneers in the Missouri civil rights movement, Frankie Muse-Freeman and Percy Green.