1. 1. DISCUSSION TICKETS  Write your name on 2  Each person must comment at least twice today (this will be your participation grade) 2. SHARING YOUR ARTICLE  Where is it from?  What does it say? 3. POWERPOINT/VIDEO CLIPS  3 video clips with discussion questions B BLOCK: 1960S HISTORY THURSDAY 2/10/11

2. REMINDER  Tomorrow, your MLK assignment will be due by the end of the class period. We will also be working on correcting our quizzes. Any corrections must be completed in class as you will not be permitted to take the tests home.  If you anticipate having a lot of corrections to make, it would be a good idea to finish or work on the MLK assignment tonight as this must be completed before you can make any corrections on your quiz.  As promised, you will be given an opportunity to earn extra credit tomorrow.

3. 2011 PROTESTS IN EGYPT 1960S HISTORY  SPECIAL EGYPT DISCUSSION SALSBERRY

4. IMAGESOF THE PROTEST IMAGES OF THE PROTEST

5. IMAGES OF THE PROTEST

7. WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN A 1960S HISTORY CLASS? YOUTH MOVEMENT  Just like the “hippie” movement  Because they know how to use “new media” “WE SHALL OVERCOME”  Similar to the African- American Civil Rights movement and other social movements

8. WHERE IS EGYPT?

9. TUMULTUOUS REGION

10. QUICK FACTS  Protests in Egypt  A Semi-Presidential Republic (under emergency law)  Part of the 2010-2011 Arab World Protests  Began with the success of the Tunisian Revolution / Rebellion

11. WHAT ARE PEOPLE SO MAD ABOUT? GRIEVANCES  Economic  high unemployment  food price inflation  low minimum wages  Legal/Political  state of emergency  lack of free elections  no free speech

12. WHO WERE THEY MAD AT AND WHY? PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARACK  “Elected” President for 30 years  Autocrat  Out of touch HOW DID HE RESPOND TO THE PROTESTS?  Shut off internet  National Attention  Shut off access to mobile phone networks  Appointed a new regime

13. GOOD PLAN...?

14. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE U.S.? EGYPT IS AN IMPORTANT ALLY  They recognize Israel  Tumultuous region WHO WILL TAKE OVER?  Inevitable – the government is failing  “Muslim Brotherhood”?  Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei? Mohamed ElBaradei

15. WHAT HAS THE U.S. SAID ABOUT THIS?  Reviewed aid (military and non-military)  Obama urged Mubarak to take serious “concrete steps” towards reform Out of touch?