Content Specification - SS.11.10.a.1:
Students will examine the role and impact of individuals such as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Malcolm X in the movement and their perspectives on change.

Content Specification - SS.11.10.a.2:
Students will examine the role of groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and Student Non‐Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the movement, their goals and strategies, and major contributions.

Content Specification - SS.11.10.a.3:
Students will examine judicial actions and legislative achievements during the movement such as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964) and Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Content Specification - SS.11.10.a.4:
Students will analyze the significance of key events in the movement including the Montgomery bus boycott, federal intervention at Little Rock, Arkansas, the Birmingham protest, and the March on Washington.

Content Specification - SS.11.10.b.1:
Students will trace the following efforts in terms of issues/goals, key individuals and groups, and successes/limitations: * Modern women’s movement (e.g., The Feminine Mystique [1963], National Organization for Women , Equal Pay Act and Title IX, Roe v. Wade) * Native Americans (e.g., American Indian Movement, Russell Means, native identity and land claims) * Brown Power (Chicano) movement (e.g., Cesar Chavez, United Farm Workers) * People with disabilities (e.g. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [1975], Americans with Disabilities Act [1990] ) * Rights of accused (e.g., Mapp v. Ohio [1961], Gideon v. Wainwright [1963], Miranda v. Arizona [1966]) * Immigration (e.g., Immigration Act of 1965, Immigration Act of 1986, continuing debates over immigration reform) * Gay Rights and the LGBT movement (e.g., Stonewall Inn riots [1969], efforts for equal legal rights) * Environment (e.g., Silent Spring [1962], Clean Air Act of 1970, Clean Water Act of 1972, Endangered Species Act of 1973, Environmental Protection Agency [1970], Reagan’s policy) * Student rights (e.g., Engel v. Vitale [1962], Tinker v. Des Moines School District [1969], New Jersey v. TLO [1985])

Content Specification - SS.11.10.b.2:
Students will thoroughly investigate at least one of the efforts above.

Content Specification - SS.11.10.c.1:
Students will compare and contrast the economic policies of President Johnson (Great Society) and President Reagan (Reaganomics) regarding the size and role of the federal government.

Content Specification - SS.11.10.c.2:
Students will examine the causes of the financial panic of 2008 and the federal government‘s response to the Great Recession.

Content Specification - SS.11.10.c.3:
Students will examine the debates over the role of the government in providing a social safety net including the stability of the Social Security Trust Fund and Medicare Trust Fund, as well as changes under Obamacare.