CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS2 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 AgendaObjective: I can identify key Civil Rights

movements, people, and groups and reflect on their impact on the Civil Rights movement.

Agenda:1. Finish Matrix on types of segregation/Jim

Crow2. Identify Civil Rights groups and people3. Review HW and Brown V. Board of Education4. 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 ActivityPLACE MATRIX on pages 237 and 238

Record Notes, observations from films, and explain the importance of each Civil Rights movement/event

1. I will show you a slide and you will record notes

2. We will watch a video clip3. You will explain why the event was important

for the Civil Rights movement

Brown v. Board Of Education

Homework Questions (Page 235)

1. Why did Linda Brown’s father and other parents sue the Topeka school system?

2. What was lawyer Thurgood Marshall’s main piece of evidence that proved segregation was bad for African American children? Describe his argument

3. What decision was made in Brown v Board of Education and WHY is the decision so important for the Civil Rights movement?

4. 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 RidesSit 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 integratedhttp://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” speechActors 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