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Welcome! 05/28-29/2014

Welcome! 05/28-29/2014. Plan for the rest of the year Upstander draft Upstander project Bop Brown v. board quiz The murder of Emmett till Little rock 9. 1. Rest of the Year Plan. May 28/29 – Today; Emmett Till, Little Rock 9 May 30/ June 3- Freedom Riders; Upstanders Work time

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Welcome! 05/28-29/2014

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  1. Welcome! 05/28-29/2014 Plan for the rest of the year Upstander draft Upstander project Bop Brown v. board quiz The murder of Emmett till Little rock 9

  2. 1. Rest of the Year Plan May 28/29 – Today; Emmett Till, Little Rock 9 May 30/ June 3- Freedom Riders; Upstanders Work time June 4/5- Freedom Riders, MLK Jr, Vietnam, JFK, Civil Rights Act June 6- Transition Ceremony June 9/10 Present Upstanders

  3. 2. Upstander Draft Selection! Print a photo that represents your Upstander after selection…where would they go in the timeline based on their ‘event’?

  4. 3. Upstander Project Essential Questions • How does our identity influence, or shape, the way we see ourselves and others? • To what extent do ideas about race influence the choices we make? • What are the consequences of dividing people by race? • How can individuals and groups in a democracy organize to correct injustices? • How do the choices people make, individually and collectively, shape a society?

  5. 3. Upstander Project Concepts: • Democracy is participatory (it requires citizens' involvement)! • Individual dignity • Justice • Common good • Equality • Rule of law • Participation

  6. 3. Upstander Project What was the legacy of their choices? How could you assess the individual’s contribution /legitimacy Did the person act alone---or with others? Use violence Non violence Civil disobedience Legal system Schools

  7. 3. Upstanders Muhammad Ali Harriet Tubman Frederick Douglass Abolitionists John Brown Marcus Garvey Eleanor Roosevelt Rosa Parks JFK RKF MLK Dwight D. Eisenhower Thurgood Marshall Earl Warren Booker T. Washington Ralph Abernathy (poor people’s march on Washington ‘68 Malcolm X Little Rock 9 (‘57) Bob Moses James Chaney (Freedom Summer 64) Fannie Lou Hammer Viola Liuzzo James Meredith (1933- Medgar Evers Montgomery Bus Boycott (‘55) Greensboro Sit-In (Woolworth’s) Freedom Rides (‘61…..) March on Washington (8/63) I Have a Dream Speech (8/63) Freedom Summer(64) Selma Campaign (‘65) Birmingham Campaign Black Power (SNCC) Stokely Carmichael organizations/groups, NAACP W.E.B. DuBois Nation of Islam (1930) CORE (1942) SCLC (1957) SNCC (1960) Artists & Celebrities Jackie Robinson Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome Joan Baez We Shall Overcome_’66 Bob Dylan (oxford town ‘62) Billie Holiday ’59 (strange fruit) Odetta “Oh, Freedom” ‘61 Sam Cooke _A Change is Gonna Come ‘63 John Coltrane (Alabama ‘63) Nina Simone ‘64

  8. 4. BOP- Brown v. Board Quiz Describe the basics of the case. Who, What, When, Where, etc. Describe why the Supreme Court overturned PlessyV. Ferguson 1896. What was their reasoning? Describe the role of Federalism in this case.

  9. 5. The Murder of Emmett Till Questions to discuss… Why would this murder be more important or ‘bigger news’ than the thousands of other lynchingsduring the Era of Jim Crow? How does the role of technology affect Emmett Till’s murder? Have someone at your table explain the case of Trayvon Martin. Create a Venn Diagram for Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin…more similar or more different?

  10. 6. Little Rock 9 Begin watching…finish for HW Answer a Document section for HW as a group and present to the class next time

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