Mrs. Smith's U.S. History

Please complete the following handout in your comp book.

Handout

Students your final exam is soon approaching. Please make sure that you study as the final exam is worth 20% of your semester grade.

Study Guide

Please read the following handout and write your response in your comp book.

Handout

Introduction
When Harper Lee released “To Kill a Mockingbird” in 1960, the American Civil Rights movement was well underway. Even though the story takes place in the 1930s, Atticus Finch alludes to the movement when he discusses the racial injustice of the south when he says, “Don’t fool yourselves – it’s all adding up and one of these days we’re going to pay the bill for it. I hope it’s not in your children’s time.”

The purpose of this webquest is to have you learn about the events that fueled the Civil Rights Movement beginning with the Supreme Court Decision of Brown vs. Board of Education and all the way through the March on Washington.

Task
Read through each linked section and answer the corresponding questions on a Word document. When you are finished doing this, you will decide which part of the civil movement you think was the most important and write a diary entry about it.

Process
Use the websites below to answer the corresponding questions. Then, answer the additional questions in the conclusion section.

Brown vs. Board (1954)
http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/brown.html
Why did this case go to court?
Was desegregation easy after the decision? Why or why not?
How did segregation violate the 14th amendment?

Emmett Till (1955)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/timeline/index.html
Who was Emmett Till?
What happened to Emmett Till and Why?
What about Emmett Till’s story do you think helped ignite the Civil Right’s movement?

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
http://www.holidays.net/mlk/rosa.htm
Why was Rosa Park Arrested?
Since she was not the first African American woman arrested for a bus violation, why did her arrest ignite the boycott?
How did segregationists fight the boycott?

Central High School, Little Rock (1957)
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=361
Who was pushing Little Rock to desegregate schools and why?
How did state and federal governments clash on the issue?
How did African-American students react to the abuse and insults?

Freedom Riders (1961)
http://freedomridersfoundation.org/id16.html
Who were the Freedom Riders?
What was their purpose?
Did they encounter resistance?
Were they successful in achieving their purpose?

March on Washington (1963)
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_march_on_washington_for_jobs_and_freedom/
How was this march different from previous marches?
Did all African-Americans support the march? If not, who were they?
What was the highlight of the day?
What was the aftermath of the march?

Conclusion
Which of these events do you think helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement the most? Choose any of the events and write a diary entry about it as if you were in that situation. Include details of the event and imagine how you would react to them.

Please complete the following handout in your comp book.

Handout

Please use your textbook to answer the questions in the handout below. Put your responses in your comp book.

Handout

The test will be this Wednesday. Please make sure that you study!

TEST

For this project you will work in a group, using Prezi, to cover one of the following topics of the 1950s and present it to the class:

• Lifestyle
• Business
• Civil Rights
• The Cold War
• Communism and the Cold War at Home
• Entertainment
• The Korean War

Please complete the following handout in your comp books.

Postwar Questions

The Cold War exam will be this Thursday.  Make sure you have studied your notes, read the textbook, and completed all assignments. Your comp book will be collected on Friday.