Thursday, January 29, 2015

Finished New Frontier Notes from Tuesday.

Writing from different perspectives- TV vs Radio
Who won the 1960 televised debate between Kennedy and Nixon?

Write a paragraph on why most people who watched the debate though Kennedy won and a second paragraph on why most people who listened to it on the radio thought Nixon won.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Final Essay Questions


71.     Assess the impact of federal legislation and Supreme Court
72.     cases on the Civil Rights movement.
  1. Brown v. Board
  2. Civil Rights Act of 1964
  3. Voting Rights Act 1965
  4. Twenty-Fourth Amendment
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73.     Who were the major Civil Rights leaders and groups and
74.     what roll did they play in the outcome of the Civil Rights
75.   movement?
  1. Martin Luther King Jr.
  2. Malcolm X
  3. CORE
  4. SNCC
  5. Black Panthers
Explain the significance of the Freedom Rides and Montgomery Bus Boycott and the impact they had on the Civil Rights era.
  1. Birmingham
  2. Integration at Ole’ Miss
  3. Rosa Parks
Describe the impact of Black Nationalism and the events of the assassination of MLK Jr. and Bobby Kennedy on the Civil Rights Movement
  1. Black Panthers
  2. De jure segregation
  3. De facto segregation
  4. Nation of Islam

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Friday, January 9, 2015

MLK Speech: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_gpVfHfuRG2YVptMWx3VW5Ua0k/edit

Read the MLK speech and list any words you do not understand.

Read the excerpts from the speech on page 718 and paraphrase it in your own words.

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Monday, January 5, 2015

Mississippi Burning Parent Permission Slip- Due Thursday

Permission Slip

Today's activity
Concept Map

Terms
Nation of Islam
Black Nationalism
de jure segregation
de facto segregation