Human Rights
Civil Rights Movement
March on Washington
Read through the "I Have a Dream" speech and find the five lines that you believe are the most powerful. Write a paragraph explaining why you believe that line would inspire change or how you see it has inspired change.
- Write the quote out then write the paragraph below it. (repeat)
Read through the "I Have a Dream" speech and find the five lines that you believe are the most powerful. Write a paragraph explaining why you believe that line would inspire change or how you see it has inspired change.
- Write the quote out then write the paragraph below it. (repeat)
Birmingham Riots
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
1. What do you think of MLK's statement that it is important for well-moralled people to stand up to injustices?
2. Why do you think the students walked out last week? Why is this a tactic they would consider?
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
1. What do you think of MLK's statement that it is important for well-moralled people to stand up to injustices?
2. Why do you think the students walked out last week? Why is this a tactic they would consider?
North Carolina Sit Ins
Freedom Rides
James Meredith & The University of Mississippi
1. Think hard, would you be able to board a bus or go into a restaurant knowing the potential consequences facing you even if your mission was a noble one?
2. Why do you think more freedom riders boarded more buses after the media reported what happened to the first ones?
Freedom Rides
James Meredith & The University of Mississippi
1. Think hard, would you be able to board a bus or go into a restaurant knowing the potential consequences facing you even if your mission was a noble one?
2. Why do you think more freedom riders boarded more buses after the media reported what happened to the first ones?
Rosa Parks
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Little Rock Nine
1. How do you feel when you walk through the front doors of the school every morning?
2. Describe 3 emotions the students may have been experiencing every morning they went to school.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Little Rock Nine
1. How do you feel when you walk through the front doors of the school every morning?
2. Describe 3 emotions the students may have been experiencing every morning they went to school.
Brown vs the Board of Education
The murder of Emmett Till
1. How did these events spark the civil rights movement?
2. Write a reflection on the story of Emmett Till
The murder of Emmett Till
1. How did these events spark the civil rights movement?
2. Write a reflection on the story of Emmett Till
Re-writing the US Gun Laws