M06 Historical Hack: Understanding Historical Significance

Optional Enrichment Activity - Complete this optional activity to learn about historical significance. In this activity you will learn about two helpful tools for assessing significance: N.A.M.E. (novelty, applicability, memory, effect), or the 5 Rs (remarkable, remembered, revealing, resonant, or resulting in change), and practice using these tools to judge the significance of events, particularly those related to the civil rights movement.

Suggested Activities:

• Practice evaluating historical significance. On the page Historical Significance and the 1960s Links to an external site., you can practice a few times before the final open-ended activity which asks: 
  • How would you, in your own words, define the significance of the civil rights movement? Explain your answer by relying on either the NAME mnemonic (novelty, applicability, memory, effect), or the 5 Rs (remarkable, remembered, revealing, resonant, or resulting in change). Be as specific and provide as many details as possible.
  • Pick another event from the 1960s and argue its historical significance in a similar manner.