Unit+18+-+The+Civil+Rights+Movement+and+the+Turbulent+1960s

This unit is all about the push for social change and challenging the status quo. We'll be examining the push for civil rights beyond what many, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were proposing and how the "majority" was challenged during this time.

Class #1 - Introduction to the 1960s (April 7th) __**Prior to Class:**__ 1. Read pg. 839-856 in your textbook.

__**In Class Activities:**__ 1. Reading Q&A 2. DBQ Practice in class 3. Brief lecture introducing the Civil Rights Movement and the 1960s 4. Discuss potential responses to the events of the 1950s and debate.

Class #2 - The New Frontier and More Civil Rights (Block D - April 8th and 9th, Block F - April 9th and 12th) __**Prior to Class:**__ 1. Read pg. 866-874 in your textbook 2. Complete your "Museum Exhibit" from the previous class (Due on Friday, 4/9)
 * Please note that ALL classes meet on Friday, April 9th as this is a make up day for one of the snow days that we had in January.

__**In Class Activities:**__ 1. Reading Q&A 2. Lecture with music: Oxford Town, Strange Fruit and Fight the Power

Text of I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Class #3 - Challenging the Status Quo (Block D - April 13th, Block F - April 14th) __**Prior to Class:**__ 1. Read pg. 874-891 in your textbook 2. Write a sentence of no more than fifty words responding to the following prompt: Did the end results that many who challenged the status quo in the late 1960s and early 1970s justify the means that they took to try to achieve those results? Why or why not? Please turn in your response to turnitin.com.

__**In Class Activities:**__ 1. Reading Q&A 2. Debate: In terms of fixing the problems plaguing America in the 1960s, which program did more to help: The Great Society or the New Frontier?

Class #4 - Unit Wrap-up and Evaluating the Era (April 15th) __**Prior to Class:**__ 1. Completed your timeline and turned it in to Mr. Wood 2. Reviewed for your unit quiz. Remember that this multiple choice quiz will cover both Units 17 and 18.

__**In Class Activities:**__ 1. Q&A 2. Quiz 3. I will be gone from class on this date, so once your quiz is completed, your task will be to defend or refute the following statement: "The year 1968 was the most influential year in American history other than any year in which a war was fought on US soil." You will need to start out by researching the year 1968 and then developing your argument. How you choose to present your argument to me is completely up to you as long as you develop a solid argument. This will be due at the beginning of the next class. If you have questions, email me!

Unit Study Aids Chapters 29 and 30 Reading Objectives and Notes

Unit 18 Timeline Terms