Entry Task: March 28 th

1. Entry Task: March 28th Please take out a piece of paper and list what you know about the Civil Rights Movement: Think about…People, Places, Events, Themes, etc…

2. What is the Civil Rights Movement? What were major causes of the movement? How did it begin? When did it begin?

3. As a group…. 1. Define segregation write your own definition. provide an example. 2. Define discrimination write your own definition. provide an example.

4. “The problem of the twentieth century will be the problem of the color line.” As a group…. Who said this? When do you think it was said? What is “the color line”?

5. In your Groups… What rights and privileges do you have within the school boundaries? 2. What rights and privileges do you have outside of the school setting?

9. In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled “separate, but equal” was the new standard This case was known as Plessy V. Ferguson

10. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? • As a group… • When do you think this poem was written? • What is this poem about? • How could this be related to the Civil Rights movement?

11. Exit Slip 1. What was a major cause of the Civil Rights Movement? 2. Write something new that your learned or learned more about. 3. What questions do you have? Or what are you looking forward to learning more about?