- Warm Up Questions
- What was Malcolm X's appeal as a leader to African Americans?
- Why was Martin Luther King, Jr. visiting Memphis when he was assassinated?
- Malcolm X and MLK
Finish Notes
- Clip from The Sixties: Years That Shaped a Generation Video
- Legacy of the Movement
Take Notes
- Civil Rights Music Analysis
- Listen to the following songs:
- Bob Dylan--The Times They Are A Changin' (1964)
- Gordon Lightfoot--Black Day in July (1968)
- James Brown--Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) (1968)
- Bob Dylan--The Death of Emmett Till (1963)
- Pete Seeger--We Shall Overcome (1963)
- Sam Cooke--A Change Is Gonna Come (1964)
- Answer the following questions on the provided analysis worksheet:
- For Each Song:
- Name of the artist.
- Name of the song.
- Date the song was recorded.
- What Civil Rights message is being sent with this song?
- Is the song generally optimistic or pessimistic? Write down one line from the song to show that.
- Evaluation:
- Which song do you think had the most impact on the Civil Rights Movement? Why?
- Which song is the most visual/descriptive for what it is about? Why?
- Which song did you like best? Why?
- Which song did you like the least? Why?
- For Each Song:
- Listen to the following songs:
Monday, February 28, 2022
Friday, February 25, 2022
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
- Warm Up Questions
- What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplish?
- What prevented millions of African Americans from voting in the South?
- Louisiana Literacy Test
Using no more than 5 minutes, take the test. Then, using the key (Google Classroom) grade your test and answer the Cool Down Questions.
- John Lewis: Get in the Way Video
Answer questions
- Cool Down Questions
- What was your score? _____/19
- What was the most difficult part of the test?
- What question(s) did you struggle with?
- How does the individual grader of the test have a great deal of power?
- Why would states like Louisiana give tests like this as a condition of registering to vote?
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Friday, February 18, 2022
- Warm Up Questions
- How did sit-ins advance the cause of the civil rights movement?
- How did Freedom Riders expose Southern resistance to desegregation rulings?
- Finish Trail of History: Friendship Nine and Rock Hill’s Civil Rights History
Answer questions
- National Attention
Take Notes
- Birmingham Letters Document Analysis
Use the documents (Google Classroom) to answer the questions
Thursday, February 17, 2022
- Warm Up Questions
- What caused the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
- How did the boycott end?
- Expanding the Movement
Take Notes
- Trail of History: Friendship Nine and Rock Hill’s Civil Rights History Video
Answer questions
- Cool Down Questions
- One of the themes of the Civil Rights Movement is ordinary people can make a difference. What other examples of that throughout history can you think of?
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Monday, February 14, 2022
- Warm Up Questions
- What argument did Earl Warren use in the Brown v. Board opinion?
- Why did the Supreme Court issue a second ruling enforcing the Brown decision?
- Segregation in Education
Finish Notes
- Clip from Freedom: A History of US Video
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
Take Notes
- Clip from Freedom: A History of US Video
Friday, February 11, 2022
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Monday, February 7, 2022
Friday, February 4, 2022
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
- Warm Up Questions
- How did the rise of Nikita Khrushchev change the nature of the Cold War?
- What were the causes and effects of the U-2 Incident?
- Finish America in the 20th Century: The Cold War--Eisenhower Years Video
Answer questions
- Cold War at Home
Take Notes
- Cool Down Questions
- From an American perspective, compose a tweet directed towards the leader of a country who is considering aligning with the Soviet Union (hashtags and emojis encouraged)
- ...aligning with the United States (hashtags and emojis encouraged)
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