Class Agenda 5/9

1.  Bellringer:  Segregation is illegal, right?  Watch...
2.  View Civil Rights Highlights Clips (pg. 29)...civil disobedience in action.

• Clip 1
• Clip 2
• Clip 3

3.  Based on the footage you saw in the clips...Why do you think TV was so important in the successes of the Civil Rights movement?  How was this similar to what we discussed about the TV and the Vietnam War?  How does Social Media play a similar role today?

HW - Read pg. 27...and complete pg. 28 - How were Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X different in their philosophies regarding Civil Rights.
        - Review packet pg. 5

Class Agenda 5/8

1.  Bellringer:  Identify the problem in the clip.  How did the kids attempt to solve the problem?  Did it work?  Connect to Martin Luther King, Jr...and define boycott and civil disobedience.
2.  Class Activity:  pg. 21.  View Clip.
3.  Why was Jackie Robinson important to the Civil Rights Era?
4.  Group meeting:  How is your research going?  Create a mindmap on pg. 47.

HW -
       - Rev. packet pg. 4

Class Agenda 5/7

1.  Bellringer:  Brain-pop:  Review importance of Brown v. Board of Education.
2.  "Black and White Together" (pg. 13-19).  Do pg. 20 questions 1-3 at bottom.
3.  Central High clip.  What problem still remained after Brown v. Board?

HW - Review packet pg. 3

Class Agenda 5/6: Thank you Marion Blumenthal Lazan!

1.  With your Project Team:  Review your note cards, and complete pg. 47 in your Project Packet (pink).

HW - Rev. packet pg. 2

Class Agenda 5/5

1.  Bellringer:  Read pg. 5.  What is the "strange fruit?"  How does it relate to what we learned about Emmett Till?  View Clip...Jim Crow South
2.  Roots of Segregation (pg. 6)
3.  Brown v. Board of Education (pg. 11-12).  Brain-pop.

• Analyze cartoon on the bottom of pg. 10.  What is this cartoon saying about segregation today?  

4.  Reminders for Guest Speaker tomorrow:  Respectful behavior, help pick-up chairs afterward.

HW - Bring project stuff to class tmrrw for group meeting.
       - Review packet page 1

Class Agenda 5/2: ELA/Social Studies Project Intro (Day2)

1.  Bellringer:  Sit with your group and review pg. 44
2.  Notecard instruction (pg. 17; project packet)
3.  Preliminary research.  BRING YOUR PROJECT PACKET TO ELA ON MONDAY.

HW - Emmett Till due Monday

Class Agenda 5/1: ELA/Social Studies Project Intro!

1.  Bellringer:  Preview our topics.
2.  Get your group assignment - then discuss which topics our class should cover.  Finalize list.
3.  Briefly overview of this joint project.

HW - Project Packet (pg. 43-44)
       - OPTIONAL:  Lunch with an author paragraph?  Bring in book for signature?