We watched the movie “42” to look at how sports affected the Civil Rights Era. Attached are the video notes and discussion which will be due the beginning of class on Friday. 42 JackieRobinsonMovieGuideDiscussionQuestionsCivilRightsMovement
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Mon. MLK vs. Malcolm X
After turning in your writings on the Greensboro Sit In, We used the following document to analyze the philosophies of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. using this mlk_vs_x_dbq. Use a venn diagram or a T-chart to figure out the similarities and differences between the two men.
Fri. Greensboro Sit in
We did some activities today with the Greensboro sit in. Here they are: 9. Civil Rights – Greensboro Sit-in
Thurs. Rosa Parks
As the sub directed you, use this reading and the police reports to analyze what Rosa Parks went through: Rosa Parks
Your Emmett Till song analysis is due today as well.
Wed. Emmett Till Reading and song analysis
Tues. Jim Crow Laws
Today you will analyze this powerpoint to get an appreciation and understand why society was set up for African Americans to fail: 3. Jim Crow PowerPoint
Use this to help take notes: 4. Jim Crow PowerPoint Student Notes
When you’re done, make 3 columns. One is for education, economic, and social. Go through your notes that you took above and write out how African Americans were affected for each column.
Mon. Civil Rights Photo Analysis
Here is the photo analysis we did 1. Civil Rights – Photo Analysis
Thurs New Frontier/Great Society Project due
As the title says, the project is due.
Mon. Berlin Wall Quiz and New Frontier/Great Society Project
Today we took a quiz on the Berlin Wall and we started to work on this project: NewFrontierGreatSocietyProgramProject. It is about 1960s programs implemented by John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. It will be due Thursday.
Wed and Thurs. Berlin Wall
Today we looked at the Berlin Wall by looking at these facts: BerlinWallInfographicAnalysis and watching this video: https://vimeo.com/63397075 to help answer these questions: BerlinWallandColdWarVideoWebquestWorksheet