US HISTORY Unit 8, Week 3
Homework for the Week Monday: bring lesson rough draft Tuesday: Study for vocab quiz Block Day: Summary/Analysis of presentation Friday: Summary/Analysis of presentation
Agenda, Monday 3/10 Distribute scoring guide Primary Source activity comparison MLK and JFK views on civil rights struggle HW: lesson rough draft due
Birmingham, Alabama What was happening in Birmingham, Alabama in the spring of 1963? 0lD37bq8YI
Letter from Birmingham jail Letter from a Birmingham Jail Why does MLK Jr. feel that the Birmingham campaign is important? What is the main idea of the 2 nd paragraph? What does he say (in the 3 rd paragraph) is the purpose of nonviolent direct action (in your own words)? Describe what King is saying in the 5 th paragraph. According to the last paragraph, why is it ok to break the law? What is the purpose of this letter?
President Kennedy’s speech Kennedy’s Civil Rights speech What is Kennedy saying should happen, in the 2 nd paragraph? What does Kennedy mean when he says the nation must live up to its promise? How does Kennedy think we should fix our moral crisis? (5 th paragraph) What steps does Kennedy say the government is doing to fix the problem? What steps does he ask the American people to also do? What is the purpose of this letter?
Wrap-Up discussion What are individuals saying about the events? What is the government saying? Is it significant that the president is taking a stand on civil rights? Would MLK agree with Kennedy? Would Kennedy agree with MLK?
Agenda, Tuesday, 3/11 HOT ROC – freedom riders Project Work Time Review rough drafts, last planning day
HOT ROC Play from 3:18-5:00 and from 21:50-29:30 Make notes of resistance against the freedom riders. What examples can you find of our hypotheses: Maintain racial order Afraid of blacks White women as victims of black sexual aggression
Agenda, Block Day, 3/12-3/13 Presentation #1 Presentation debrief Vocab Quiz Writing Instruction Conflicts between civil rights groups HW: Summary/analysis of notes
Writing Instruction Prompt: Evaluate the effectiveness of the black power movement’s strategies in gaining greater equality and democracy for African Americans.
Conflicts between groups Who might belong to more than one civil rights group? How might this cause conflicts? Forced to choose one group over the other Disagreement between people on which issues are important Disagreements on the identity of the group (eg lesbians in the women’s movement) Feeling compartmentalized by society
Friday 3/8/13 Agenda: Presentation #2 Homework Work on Your Project Summary/Analysis of presentation