PICK-UP & READ THE ARTICLE. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS FOR THE READING. 3.23.18 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM ON THIS DAY: 1775 - American revolutionary Patrick Henry declared, "give me liberty, or give me death!" 1806 - Explorers Lewis and Clark, reached the Pacific coast, and began their return journey to the east. 1919 - Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy. 1925 - The state of Tennessee enacted a law that made it a crime for a teacher in any state-supported public school to teach any theory that was in contradiction to the Bible's account of man's creation 1933 - The German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act. The act effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial legislative powers. 1934 - The U.S. Congress accepted the independence of the Philippines in 1945. 1942 - During World War II, the U.S. government began evacuating Japanese-Americans from West Coast homes to detention centers. 1983 - U.S. President Reagan first proposed development of technology to intercept enemy missiles. The proposal became known as the Strategic Defense Initiative and "Star Wars." BELL WORK: PICK-UP & READ THE ARTICLE. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS FOR THE READING. AGENDA: DISCUSS & COLLECT GLORY 6 SQUARE. DISCUSS THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS QUESTIONS. COMPLETE POST MOVIE HISTORICAL ACCURACY ASSIGNMENT FOR GLORY. SOUNDTRACK FRIDAY: POSTPONES TO MONDAY
The 54th Massachusetts Corporal Thomas Searles Major Cabot Forbes Colonel Robert Gould Shaw Private Silas Trip Sergeant Major John Rawlins Private Jupiter Sharts
Glory as History “Hollywood History” often falls short What did Hollywood get wrong? Do the factual errors change the importance of the 54th? https://youtu.be/MSRzOVDjwq0 https://youtu.be/YZ6pJ0HlXtA http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/the-54th-massachusetts-infantry
Importance of Glory 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry fought against notions of racial inferiority 54th was most famous and significant of all 166 black regiments in the Civil War Black soldiers formed a “liberating army” that defeated Confederacy, destroyed slavery, and dispelled stereotypes Movie reminds Americans of past injustice
A Real Hero: William Carney First African-American to win Congressional Medal of Honor after 3-4 wounds at siege of Ft. Wagner Fought, was wounded, and discharged without a single cent of pay from U.S. Picked up flag after Shaw dropped it at battle of Fort Wagner. “The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground,” Sgt. William H. Carney
Civil War Casualties
The “Shaw Memorial,” Boston, dedicated May 1897 Conclusions . . . What do we learn about African-American history from Glory? The “Shaw Memorial,” Boston, dedicated May 1897