Selma VideoNotes Movie Questions with Answer Key : ) Mandated Revision

Selma Synopsis: Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 legally desegregated the South, discrimination was still rampant in certain areas, making it very difficult for blacks to register to vote. In 1965, an Alabama city became the battleground in the fight for suffrage. Despite violent opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his followers pressed forward on an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, and their efforts culminated in President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Fifty well paced thought provoking video questions that keep students engaged throughout the entire film.

Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King Jr.

Coretta Scott King

Voting Rights Act of 1965

President Lyndon B Johnson

Bloody Sunday

Ralph David Abernathy

John Lewis

Andrew Young

Governor George Wallace

Selma to Montgomery March

COMMON CORE CONNECTION - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7

INTEGRATE and evaluate MULTIPLE SOURCES of information presented in DIVERSE FORMATS and MEDIA (e.g., VISUALLY, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.