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Civil Rights and the 1960's New

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Civil Rights Era 

 

Purpose Statement

What are we doing? 
Why are we doing it?

What has changed and what has remained the same?

Unit Focus

  • Equality is a continuous social issue that will never cease

Essential Question:        Are we ever equal?

  • Should Civil Rights be called an era that started and ended? Started at Reconstruction to when.....? Is it a second Reconstruction?
  • How do people express their voice?
  • Does Civil Rights influence other movements for rights? 

 

Social Rebellion & Civil Rights Vocabulary

  1. Warren Court

  2. Counter Culture

  3. Civil Disobedience 

  4. Non Violent/Violent Protest/Resistance

  5. Discrimation

  6. Prejudice

  7. Stereotypes

  8. Segregation (De Facto & De Jure)

  9. Jim Crow Laws

  10. Civil Liberties vs Civil Rights

 

 

A poem by Nayyirah Waheed shares reclamation and resistance.

That beauty brings to mind this poem

 

 if we 

wanted  

to.

people of color 

could 

burn the world down.

for what 

we 

have experienced.

are experiencing.

but

we don't. 

 

—how stunningly beautiful that our sacred respect for the earth. for life. is deeper than our rage

 

 

How did it start?

The Warren Court unleashes a "Warren Revolution" in 1954, when Chief Justice Earl Warren argues that state-imposed segregation of public schools was unconstitutional because it fostered feelings of inferiority.

 

Introduction Activity 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1stHkWMZb7SE_Cw03Ouvxj2K4jrlKx5VCsh9-LsFGiXM/edit?usp=sharing  

 

 

 What can you learn from the picture?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/164kUB4uqH0QtEedp7TcQ8DRVGFvs9Twgn7Rcn2s3lWM/edit?usp=sharing pictures and discussion on why a need for Civil Rights movement.

 

Activity 1

Big Question: What was the Civil Rights Era about?

Directions: complete the organizer below after reading and watching the 5 examples below on the Civil Rights Era. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AI_wg7it8mhbHs8KXwCuH0_GI562RSctPl4YIvUek3c/edit?usp=sharing  Organizer on civil rights era.   Use the document for notes and discussion    

How did people feel in the 1950s to 1960s? Read, watch, and listen for yourself.

Example 1 Reading on Malcolm X

https://www.upworthy.com/they-dug-up-a-malcolm-x-speech-that-predicted-so-much-of-whats-going-on-today-creepy?c=tpstream Why is this important today?

Example 2 Reading on Martin Luther King

https://www.upworthy.com/this-doesnt-sound-like-the-mlk-i-learned-about-in-school?c=tpstream MLK "The Other America" speech.

Example 3 Video on John Lewis

https://www.upworthy.com/if-you-dont-know-about-john-lewis-your-history-teachers-have-truly-failed-you?c=tpstream  John Lewis

Example 4 Video on Muhammad Ali

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HBnc8YNaaQ Muhammad Ali interview. Hear Muhammad Ali discuss the U.S. in 1970. Is he right or wrong to feel this way?

Example 5 Video on Robert F. Kennedy describing MLK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoKzCff8Zbs RFK on MLK, The greatest speech ever!

Example 6 Video on Stokely Carmichael https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKP5_qyGs8c  6;30 "We Ain't Going" speech

Example 7 Video on Medgar Evers  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA6QFbDGfDM 4:30

 

Can you see a need for the U.S. to change? It is a turning point in U.S. history.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17hGFzBAPmw8Qwa-a63rd2kMbQljYUeZv_TFQCW76Yn4/edit Answer and discuss the questions on this google doc. Place your name by your answer.

 

Activity 2

Background to Civil Rights - To move peacefully or with force. Who influenced the movement?

 

Definition of Civil Rights

Personal rights acquired by an individual by being a citizen or resident, or automatic entitlements to certain freedoms conferred by law or custom. Certain civil rights (such as the right to equality, freedom, good governance, justice, and due process of law) are inalienable like human rights and natural rights, whereas others (such as the right to hold a public office) depend on one's conduct and can be lost. Also called civil liberties.


Unit Resources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJoEG9AwhZE Mr Hughes explains the Civil Rights Era in 10:34

 

This is a great video to come back to if you need anything clarified or want a refresher on some of the major characters and ideas that came out of Civil Rights such as...
  • Rosa Parks
  • Bus Boycott
  • Martin Luther King
  • Sit ins
  • Little Rock 9
  • The March on Washington

 

Black power- Movement with force 

http://dp.la/primary-source-sets/sets/the-black-power-movement  

 

 Mahatma Ghandi  non-violence

http://www.history.com/topics/mahatma-gandhi Who was Ghandi? Why was he for peaceful resistance?

 

martin luther king jr, march on washington, 1963, black historyMartin Luther King

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr Who was Martin Luther King? Why did he advocate for peaceful resistance?

 

 

Stokely Carmichael at Michigan State.jpg

Stokely Carmichael expounds on "black power" theory in 1967.

At Michigan State University. Violent,  Black Panthers

  http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/stokely-carmichael Who was Stokely Carmichael? Why was his voice different than MLK?

 

Vocabulary: Violent Resistance, Non-violent resistance, Jim Crow, De facto Segregation, De jure Segregation, 

 

 Protests

When you assemble and petition it can go either way. Look for evidence of both reasons why it can be peaceful or violent..   

Violent protest today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyJkh7utzf4 Berkley Protests on tax day

Peaceful protest today

Violent Protest in Baltimore.pdf  reading on Violent protests in Baltimore.

Peaceful Protest in Baltimore.pdf  reading on peaceful protests in Baltimore.

 

Directions: look at the two sides of the movement for Civil Rights. Write down evidence about the protests.

How do you recognize who influenced what happened?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16q7ml1WRdCRnH9dXBRhA_ickDGLXk2uoywWE8S9AR34/edit Use this google Doc for below chart

The Protests

Identify information about how you know which protest above in the reading and video followed the teachings of Gandhi and MLK . 2 different philosophies  Identify what is happening and why protests above followed a more militant and violent path.  

Evidence of the teachings

1.

2.

3. 

 

 

evidence for change

Evidence of the influences 

1.

2.

3.

What is the difference between violent and non violent protests for change? 

 

 

Activity 3           Plessy V.S. Ferguson 1896 and Brown V.S. Board 1954

Reading 1 plessy vs ferguson reading DOC051915.pdf

Reading 2 Brown vs Board reading DOC051915.pdf

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n_pLnZJZoN43LxQa4tm4opFvSL3QKYlh7eCi5m8hBwE/edit?usp=sharing 

 

 

Activity 4  DBQ on National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders following the race riots in U.S. cities

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t6rl_qqFOpyf-x6x4-Em6xUUaGGecqVxYqmNMwR3IaM/edit?usp=sharing  

 

 

Activity 5    Reflection on the Era        Academy Award-winner for Short Documentary 1995

In A Time for Justice, four-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Charles Guggenheim captured the spirit of the civil rights movement through historical footage and the voices of those who participated in the struggle. Narrated by Julian Bond and featuring John Lewis, the 38-minute film allows today’s generation of students to witness firsthand the movement’s most dramatic moments—the bus boycott in Montgomery, the school crisis in Little Rock, the violence in Birmingham and the triumphant 1965 march for voting rights.

“This concise, dramatic history captures for today’s students the idealist courage that sustained the civil rights movement.” 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFv8ok1GekE - 38 minutes  "A Time For Justice"

Reflection Questions: 

1. What type of Tyranny replaced slavery in the US?

2. 15th Amendment gives the right to vote: Denied the vote by rules, intimidation, and disenfranchisement, how did that denial for Blacks to vote affect Black Americans for a generation? 

 

 

 

Activity 6         American Dreaming- Introduction

Why was the Civil Rights Era so ready to emerge out of the 1950's and 1960"s?

  1. Introduction IX
  2. Conformity, conservatism, and the baby boomers
  3. Chapter 1,  The Fifties, "Romper Room" page 1

Question: Why was the status quo of this country ready for a makeover of social changes? 

 

JFK influences the Baby Boomers: Why was America ready for a JFK presidency?

     4.   Chapter 2, page 18 "I Want To Hold Your Hand"

Question: Why the statement,"Fueling Idealism and its Destruction" for chapter 2?

 

     5.   Chapter 4, Pages 46-65, "You say you want a Revolution"

Question: Why did the youth identify so deeply with the Beatles? They were more popular than Jesus! 

 

     6.   Chapter 5 Pages 66-75, "Feeling Groovy"

Question; Why never trust anyone over 30?

 

Organizer

Read the two chapters chosen about voice and change in America Dreaming

  • Chapter 3 "Sitting at the Counter", page 30-45
  • Chapter 6 "Burn, Baby, Burn", page 76-91

Complete notes on the organizer about the two sides of the Civil Rights Era.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-18fJ_sU5QQ1n3oeldCrU3NRGTwrTcqG0pRwojdEKbE/edit Google DOC American Dreaming

 

Report on 1 of the chapters you most relate to

Class 1 Put on this google slide  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/167SypwE1qfLlwlHbdaS3xo_1M0Ntqjzg8TWRYrLmHCo/edit#slide=id.p

Class 2 Put google slide here https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1501cUVySQtLDfehzCYsTG8W4T_w9X3VN5kqeKH6GHzQ/edit?usp=sharing  

Class 3 Put on Google slides here https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nwzYiGdZkwR1OUHSxZm3s5hTXClbyNCZkQRhj3MSQuU/edit?usp=sharing 

Class 4 Google presentation https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15VPBpmJCaya62dEbbCuvzkW0Xns5vq-5YkiQd0mimAA/edit?usp=sharing 

 

Social rebellion through the Music!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXaZi1rkfOU 13;00 on the top ten most influential songs of the 1960's

Create a new slide on the music of the 50's, 60's and 70's and its message to the baby boomers and their generation.

Label and summarize what the song is saying about the liberalism and non-conformity that is defining the era.

Chronologically use the lyrics to show the movement and tell the story.

 

 

Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film that is based in 1964 . The film stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI agents assigned to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights workers in fictional Jessup County, Mississippi. The investigation is met with hostility by the town's residents, local police, and the Ku Klux Klan.

Plot

In 1964, three civil rights workers — two Jewish and one black — go missing while organizing a voter registry for African Americans in Jessup County, Mississippi. The FBI sends two agents, Rupert Anderson, a former Mississippi sheriff, and Alan Ward, to investigate. The pair find it difficult to conduct interviews with the local townspeople, as Sheriff Ray Stuckey and his deputies exert influence over the public, and are linked to a branch of the Ku Klux Klan. The wife of Deputy Sheriff Clinton Pell reveals to Anderson in a discreet conversation that the three missing men have been murdered. Their bodies are later found buried in an earthen dam.

Reflection Questions:

Why is a fictional Town in Mississippi used in the Movie?

Is the Film depicted with accuracy in mind with factual types of events or in fiction and sensationalism and dramatic events for entertainment?

 

Final Assessment Civil Rights Era

Create a Children's book explaining

  • Some important figures of the civil rights era
  • The beginning, middle, end or continuation of any part of the Civil rights Era 
  • Explain the causes of the Era
  • Explain how people were influenced by the era
  • Why is this an important or the most important era in US history.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EZ4ZDNjzxLZbHRVJMn3-FQZjkHkWme4QhZ7IKmomsGk/edit?usp=sharing Google doc on Children's book

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Assessment Civil Rights Era  

What has changed and what has remained the same?

Directions:

  1. Open the organizer and complete
  2. Use thinking like an historian framework.
  3. Compare the Book America Dreaming and the current state of the police shootings Baltimore.
  4. What has changed since the 1960's Civil Rights Era and what has remained the same today

Baltimore articles 

Article 1

Baltimore Segregation Article.pdf

Article 2

Consequenes of government sponsered segregation.pdf.ydkgi7t.partial

Organizer

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fb35Fp1eKrHZ97rJQkfIp5mSqkdj92eKJ9Sq9R4CGno/edit?usp=sharing Google doc final assessment on Civil Rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/Upworthy/posts/951624461545079 Muhammad ALi in 1970 as he was converting to Islam and Cassius Clay.

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