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Outcomes & Objectives Objectives To understand the long and short term causes of the 1965 Watts Riots. Outcomes 1. Read the Wikipedia article on the Watts.

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1 Outcomes & Objectives Objectives To understand the long and short term causes of the 1965 Watts Riots. Outcomes 1. Read the Wikipedia article on the Watts Riots and study the images. 2. Use ‘Add Text’ to write seven causes and seven consequences of the riots. 3. Copy-&-Paste all the causes into one of two groups; short-term and long-term causes. 4. Explain which you think is the most important group of causes. Black Peoples of the USA (3): How have the experiences of Black Peoples in the USA changed from 1619 to 2003? History Key Stage 3 Black Peoples of the USA Task What caused the Watts Riots of 1965? What were the consequences? Image: http://members.aol.c om/fttbic/kingmalcol m.jpg

2 TASK: Read the Wikipedia article on the 1965 Watts Riots.1965 Watts Riots http://info.detnews.com/dn/history/riot/images/fire.gif http://www.picturehistory.com/images/products/1/3/0/prod _13039.jpg http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.picturehistory.com/images/products/thu mbnails/1/3/0/prod_13044_s.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.picturehistory.com/find/start/72%3Fc% 3D187%3Bp%3D7&h=70&w=100&sz=3&hl=en&start=18&um=1&tbnid=cTCT5BwftHlJsM:&tb nh=57&tbnw=82&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwatts%2Briots%2B1965%26ndsp%3D18%26svnu m%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3DGGLJ,GGLJ:2006- 44,GGLJ:en-GB%26sa%3DN http://www.tcnj.edu/~blohm3/rubble.jpg

3 TASK: Causes & Consequences EventCauses Consequences Watts Riots 1965 His mother spat at a police officers A mob began throwing stones The community believed racially motivated police brutality was rampant. shout at the police officers Only one of eight adults had high school education

4 TASK: Copy-&-Paste the causes from the previous into the two groups below; Long-Term Causes Short-Term Causes TIME line The community believed racially motivated police brutality was rampant. A mob began throwing stones His mother spat at a police officers Only one of eight adults had high school education

5 TASK: Which are more important; short- term or long-term causes? Explain why. Answer…


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