Quote:“…we may sense that the river of
black struggle is people, but it is also the hope, the movement,
the transformative power that humans create. So we black people
are the river; the river is us. The river is in us, created by us,
flowing out of us, surrounding us, recreating us, and the entire
nation”.
-Dr. Vincent Harding
The curriculum guide/lesson plan "More
than a Bus Ride",
uses national standards of American history, Civics,
Government, Economics, and English Language Arts.
National standards allow the guide/lesson plan to cut
across state and curricular boundaries and serves as
an excellent tool for teachers to use as they teach about the
role of the Modern Civil Rights Movement in
reshaping the United States and making the provisions of the
Fourteenth Amendment a reality. The curriculum guide/lesson plan
focuses on the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott on the social,
judicial,
economic, and political institutions of the United States of
America. Teachers will be able to use the curriculum guide/lesson
plan to examine and
address local, state, and national issues and the importance of
civil rights and civic engagement.
