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Unit 11 Overview
This unit will examine the Civil Rights Movement from Truman desegregating the military all the way to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Policies of different civil rights organizations will be analyzed, such as non-violence use by MLK and the violent policies used by the Black Panthers. Major legislation created during the civil rights movement will be discussed. The unit will also look at different social changes that were made during the 1960’s and how they shape our world today.
Unit 11 Georgia Standards
SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.
a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the U.S. military and the federal government.
b. dentify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision.
d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream Speech.
e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s.
a. Compare and contrast the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) tactics; include sit-ins, freedom rides, and changing composition.
b. Describe the National Organization of Women and the origins and goals of the modern women’s movement.
c. Analyze the anti-Vietnam War movement.
d. Analyze Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers’ movement.
e. Explain the importance of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the resulting developments; include Earth Day, the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the modern environmental movement.
f. Describe the rise of the conservative movement as seen in the presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwater (1964) and the election of Richard M. Nixon (1968).
Unit 11 Essential Questions
The student will understand that when there is conflict between or within societies, change is result.
Why did MLK use non-violence as a basis for his protest during the civil rights movement?
How did the Supreme Court help the Civil Rights Movement?
How can a social movement lead to social change?
The student will understand that beliefs and ideals of a society influence the social, political, and economic decisions of that society.
How can a protest lead to new legislation?
Why did many people protest the Vietnam War during the 1960’s?
Unit 11 Power Point Presentations
1-Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.pptxThe Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement
The Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement
2-MLK & the Civil Rights Movement.pptMLK and the Civil Rights Movement
MLK and the Civil Rights Movement
1-Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.pptxBeginning of the Civil Rights Movement
Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement
2-MLK & the Civil Rights Movement.pptMLK and the Civil Rights Movement
MLK and the Civil Rights Movement
1960s culture.pptxThe 1960's and Civil Rights
The 1960's and Civil Rights
3-Nixon, Ford, carter.pptxThe 1970's
The 1970's
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