1. Bellringer Feb 18
Using your device or a DICTIONARY, look up INTEGRATION and SEGREGATION. Write this information on the back of the background question handout.
What is the difference between the two?
What is the connection between the two?

2. Background
Research Governor Orval Faubus on your device. 1. When was he in office? 2. What did he do in the military during WWII? 3. When he ran for office, what was his political party and what position did he take on racial issues? 4. What trade-offs did he have to make with racial policies so that he could make social reforms and stimulate economic growth?
Orval Eugene Faubus (January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994) was the 36th Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1955 to 1967
When the United States entered World War II, Faubus joined the United States Army and served as an intelligence officer with the Third Army of General George Patton. He rose to the rank of major and was in combat several times.
3. He was elected governor as a liberal Democrat. Initially considered a 'moderate' on racial issues.

3. Little Rock, Arkansas 1957
In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
Little Rock, Arkansas submitted desegregation plans to a federal district court which approved the plans.
Segregationists resisted the plans.
By 1957, Faubus needed to consider how he would be re-elected.
Watch this video for the situation.
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4. Reading the text Use PALS step 3
Use the graphic organizer to help you for each section.

5. Section 1 and 2 Review
Window Partner – summarize part 1
Door Partner – summarize part 2
Window – what is logical in part 1?
Door – what is logical in part 2?
Together: What seems to be Faubus’s bias and hidden agenda based on parts 1 and 2?

6. Exit Ticket period 5: Why is it effective to begin the speech with the information in sections 1 and 2?

7. Exit ticket period 8 Feb. 18
Why is it effective for Faubus to talk about the voting and what the voters want in Section 3