Civil Rights Act of 1964 Document Primary Source Analysis Activity
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Description
Practice primary source analysis while addressing the core content of the Civil Rights Act if 1964 during the Civil Rights Movement.
This 1-page handout provides the original legislation as well as the document image for students to analyze with guiding questions for a better understanding of American documents and, in this case, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Includes a significance wrap-up question in which students utilize all of the information to explain the significance of the legislation.
Answer Key is Provided!
All images and other primary sources collected from Library of Congress, National Archives or public domain.
Document image is not clear for text reading as all text is in reading block, but is provided for students to see actual document and to evaluate larger content such as dates and format.
See sample for actual product.
Great class or homework assignment!
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