Explore the special vocabulary that applies to the civil rights movement, both the one in our American history and those going on today.

Learn more about some of the most popular songs of the day and explore what made them anthems of the Civil Rights movement.

Children learn about American Civil Rights and Abolitionist pioneers in this word search puzzle worksheet.

Learners will test their knowledge of some of the key players and events of the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

The Civil Rights Movement: The Later Years worksheet, children read about the issues that emerged later in the movement.

In this Court Cases worksheet, students read descriptions of five landmark decisions, then match them to their correct name.

In this worksheet, students learn how the Sit-In movement began, and the impact it had on both the region and the country.

Learn about the Bill of Rights by Illustrating them!

Take a fun approach to learning about the Bill of Rights! Find the words relating to the Bill of Rights in this word search exercise.

In this reading sheet, students will find out about everyday life during the Civil War.

A nonfiction passage and some essay questions help students understand the effects of the Civil War in this American history worksheet.

Learn more about marches for freedom during the civil rights movement with the worksheet The Selma to Montgomery March.

Give your middle school student a fun way to practice key terms from the Civil War. This word search is all about generals who fought in the war.

Here is a writing activity to review terms and concepts from the Civil War era. Your child will imagine being a soldier in the war and write a journal entry.

Review Civil War key terms and people with this history sheet. Your child will decide which terms describe the Confederacy and which describe the Union.

Children learn about Susan B. Anthony, an abolitionist and civil rights advocate best remembered for her contributions to the women's suffrage movement.

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

Students read a now famous wartime letter, then respond from the perspective of one of its recipients.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

In this two-page worksheet, learners will read excerpts form Dr. King's moving and powerful speech, then reflect on his vision by drawing an illustration inspired by his words.

In this worksheet, children read about the March on Washington, the ideals that inspired it,  and the people who attended it.

Have your social studies student try her hand and writing her own protest song in this creative worksheet.

In this Brown vs. Board of Education worksheet, children read the story of how the landmark decision came about, as well as the struggle that followed.

Invite fourth and fifth graders to analyze the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in this worksheet.

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

Children learn about Rosie the Riveter, a fictional character who would became a well-known symbol of the World War II war effort, in this social studies worksheet.