Civil Rights Movement Unit Test

Our test on the Civil Rights movement is today for 5th, 6th, and 7th periods and yesterday for 1st and 2nd period.

A study guide can be viewed here.

The jeopardy review game we played during class can be viewed here.

Study hard and good luck!

Key Figures in the Civil Rights Movement Part II

Friday and today we learned about which key actions were passed during each of the following Presidents' terms as well as their general attitude toward the extension of civil rights to African Americans.

Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1961
John F. Kennedy 1961-1963
Lyndon Johnson 1963-1969

We also looked at a timeline of the key actions of the Civil Rights movement and got started on our Civil Rights movement storyboard assignment.  Directions will be posted at the end of today.  It is due on May 31 for periods 1 and 2 and on June 1 for periods 5,6, and 7.

Directions for the storyboard in case you were not in class.

Key Figures in the Civil Rights Movement

Yesterday and today we are covering key figures in the Civil Rights movement.  In class we took notes on key figures and I explained the Civil Rights movement storyboard assignment.  We will have time on Fri/Mon to work on the storyboard in class.

Here is the presentation on the key figures in the Civil Rights movement.

Directions for the storyboard will be up soon...

Civil Rights Movement

We have begun our final unit of the year on the Civil Rights Movement. 

Last week we looked at the six aspects of American life that were segregated by race in the early 20th century. 

To recap, they were: Schools, Public Accommodations, Marriage, the Workplace, Politics, and Housing

Yesterday and today we created timelines of some early steps toward equality with four major events being put onto the timeline:
-1942: the founding of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
-1947: Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in sports
-1948: President Truman integrates the armed forces
-1954: The US Supreme Court rules that segregation in schools is unconstitutional in Brown vs. Board of Education

A quick look at Brown vs. Board of Education and its impact on the Civil Rights movement

World War II test coming up!

1st and 2nd period will have a test on Tuesday May 10 on chapters 34-37 with periods 5,6, and 7 taking their test on Wednesday May 11.

The study guide is available here. You can use a 3"x 5" notecard on the test.

Also, there is a jeopardy review game online you can check out and use as a study tool.

Newsreel presentations and if you need to retake or makeup the Great Depression/New Deal test...

1st and 2nd period are presenting their newsreels today.  6th and 7th period will be presenting tomorrow.

Also, check out some of the study guide if you need to retake or make up the Great Depression/New Deal test:

Study guide for the Great Depression/New Deal test (you can retake this to improve your grade)

The Home Front

We are working on a group project right now where students are researching how World War II affected different groups of Americans on the home front.

5th period will present their Newsreels on Friday.
6th and 7th periods will present on Tuesday.
1st and 2nd periods will present on Monday.

The directions are located here.

I will have the classroom open tomorrow during tutorial for any groups who want to work on their newsreels.