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Civil rights movements 2 day lesson. Do Now. Get into your group from yesterday and finish completing your Matrix We have 10 minutes to complete this A am also checking homework so take your notebook out to page 235 for a stamp!. Objectives And Agenda.
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Do Now • Get into your group from yesterday and finish completing your Matrix • We have 10 minutes to complete this • A am also checking homework so take your notebook out to page 235 for a stamp!
Objectives And Agenda Objective: I can identify key Civil Rights movements, people, and groups and reflect on their impact on the Civil Rights movement. Agenda: • Finish Matrix on types of segregation/Jim Crow • Identify Civil Rights groups and people • Review HW and Brown V. Board of Education • Begin Videos and Notes on key Civil Rights events (today and Wed)
Notes (pg 236) Civil Rights Groups and People • NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (est. 1909) Their goal to end segregation & ensure voting rights. Fight many civil rights battles in courts. • Martin Luther King- Baptist Reverend, Civil Rights leader, lead Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) in Alabama and believe in non-violent, passive resistance
Today’s Activity PLACE MATRIX on pages 237 and 238 Record Notes, observations from films, and explain the importance of each Civil Rights movement/event • I will show you a slide and you will record notes • We will watch a video clip • You will explain why the event was important for the Civil Rights movement
Brown v. Board Of Education Homework Questions (Page 235) • Why did Linda Brown’s father and other parents sue the Topeka school system? • What was lawyer Thurgood Marshall’s main piece of evidence that proved segregation was bad for African American children? Describe his argument • What decision was made in Brown v Board of Education and WHY is the decision so important for the Civil Rights movement? • http://vimeo.com/24757693
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) • NAACP brings case against Board of Education • Class Action case- many sm similar cases in one • NAACP proves segregation is unequal • Segregation in school is illegal • “Brown II” desegregate with “all deliberate speed” • Many Southern Schools Resist
Little Rock Integration • 1957 Federal Judge orders desegregation of Little Rock AK • 9 black students go to the school • Gov. has AK Guard stop integration • Mayor asks Eisenhower and National Guard to aid & enforce integration • Under protection, the students go to school, but face harassment & threats daily • Gov. closed school the next Yr. to prevent integration • http://vimeo.com/24757693
Finals Review Packet- due Thurs, 6/16 • 50 Point Project Grade! • Last project grade and chance to boost you up! • Reviews 8 Units • Fill in the blanks • Open response • Essay question (Practice for essays on exam which are worth 50% of your finals grade) • Do a little each day and put your all into it. If you use this, you will do well on the final exam • Use notebook, book, and past quizzes to find answers and study
Montgomery Bus Boycott • Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks arrested • she is an active member of the NAACP • NAACP uses her case to begin bus boycott • Plan 1 day boycott- lasts 381 days • MLK Jr. leads the movement with passive resistance • Nov 1956, Supreme Court upholds that segregation on busses is unconstitutional
Do now • Complete the right side of the Matrix for the following events • Little Rock Crisis • Montgomery Boycott
Sit Ins and Freedom Rides Sit Ins • Feb 1, 1960. Greensboro, NC: 4 students sit at Woolworth’s lunch counter and refused service. • Finally get service and “Sit ins” spread Freedom Riders • 1960 decision that interstate travel seg. Illegal • Mixed race groups ride busses from D.C. to the deep south to test South’s desegregation • CORE (congress of racial equality) & SNCC (student nonviolence coordinating committee) • 1962 Interstate Commerce Commission state bus and terminals must be integrated http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/watch
1963 March on Washington • Aug 28, 1963, 250,000 march in Washington DC • Largest political gathering in history • 60,000 whites, educators, clergy, celebrities • Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech Actors Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Charlton Heston
Civil Rights Act 1964 • Signed into law July 2, 1964 • Outlawed racial discrimination in voter registration, public accommodations, public facilities, public schools and colleges, labor unions, and employment. • Effects are widespread and long-term • Legally cannot discriminate, however it does not fully end racism (social matter)
Final Reflection Page 239 • Write a personal reflection about the Civil Rights Movement • What does it mean to you? • How might your life be different with/without accomplishments of the Civil Rights • What feelings/emotions do you feel about this movement? • What issues still exist today with race relations?
Review Game • Step 1: Go through your notebook and create FIVE quiz/trivia questions about anything we learned this year • Question on one side • Answer on the other side