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Social Activism Vocabulary
Chapters 2223
1. Nonviolent Resistance
2. Sit-ins
3. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
4. Freedom Riders
5. Civil Rights Act of 1964
6. Twenty-fourth Amendment
7. Freedom Summer
8. Voting Rights Act
9. Malcolm X
10. Black Power
11. Black Panther Party
12. Kerner Commission
13. Busing
14. Affirmative Action
15. Quotas
16. University of California v. Bakke
17. Equal Pay Act
18. Cesar Chavez
19. La Huelga
20. Crusade for Justice
21. Mexican American Youth Organization
22. American Indian Movement
23. American Association of Retired Persons
24. Generation gap
25. Woodstock
Freedom Rides Map Activity
Use the map on Pg. 4 for your Chapter 22 & 23 Map.
Step 1- Using A1: Label the 50 states and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans on Pg. 4
Step 2- Using page 673, label the Freedom Ride Routes on the southern states
Step 3- Color each state using colored pencils, don’t have connecting states the same color
Grading Options:
To Earn a C, you can abbreviate each state, mark the Freedom Ride Routes, and color some of the map on Pg. 4. (Max 21.5 / 25)
To Earn a B, you need to fully color the map according to step 3, mark the Freedom Ride Routes, and write out fully the state names, (exception, east coast states can be abbreviated)
(Max 23 / 25)
To Earn an A, you need to fully color the map according to step 3, mark the Freedom Ride Routes, write out fully the state names (exception east coast states can be abbreviated) and locate and name each state capital. The map needs to be titled, fully colored, and include a key for the Freedom Rides. (Max. 25 / 25)
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The Children’s March
Answer the following questions while watching the video depicting scenes from the Civil Rights Movement. Questions follow the chronology of the video.
1. What was Birmingham’s nickname?
a. Why?
2. Have you ever seen a white tank anywhere before?
a. What might a white tank symbolize to white people?
b. What might it symbolize to black people?
3. Why couldn’t the parents or adult’s protest?
a. What would happen if they did protest?
4. What does it mean to “meet violence with non-violence”?
a. What would it look like?
b. Give an example.
5. What did the children’s teacher, Mrs. Goree, do to help them go to the march?
6. Gwen Webb says, “A lot of people thought the kids were going to get hurt, but the reality was that we were born black in Alabama and we were going to get hurt if we didn’t do something.” What did she mean by this?
7. The children left the church in “waves of 50.” How is that a strategy? What do you think it accomplished?
8. The police thought the kids would be frightened to be arrested. Instead, they were happy and singing. Why do you think the kids were full of joy to be arrested?
9. How many men did it take to hold the fire hoses steady?
10. What did President Kennedy think of the photographs he saw of children being hosed on the second day of the march?
11. What were the conditions in the jails?
a. Where they clean?
b. What did the children get to eat?
c. How long were they kept in jail?
d. What did they do in jail?
e. Put yourself in their shoes, how would you feel if you were in jail?
12. On June 11th, President Kennedy said, “This is the end of segregation.” Was it?
Gregarious Groups
Take out a sheet of paper and answer the following questions individually. This is a quick write, you will not have much time to complete questions, so work quickly.
What group do you fit in?
Do you fit into more than one group?
Do groups get along? Why or why not?
Do groups have soft boundaries (you can move from group to group) or hard boundaries (you can’t move from group to group)?
Can some people move from group to group and others can’t? Why is this so? What do they have that allows them to move?
Where do you most often see groups pool together, i.e. cafeteria, after-school events, etc.”
Why do people pool together?
You will have 3 MINUTES to discuss with your shoulder partner your answers. Use this time to discuss the similarities / differences in your answers and list below the different types of groups at KHS.
With your shoulder partner, connect with other group of two to answer the following questions. You will have 5 MINUTES to discuss the answers to the previous questions and to answer the questions below. Only one person has to write on this sheet in their packet, but remember who is in your group. These groups will begin class together tomorrow.
What benefit is there in crossing boundaries from one group to another?
What opportunities are there to cross boundaries at your school?
Do you want to cross boundaries? Why or why not?
Why might it be important to learn the skill of crossing boundaries not? How might it help you in the future?
Who do you know personally that crosses boundaries well? How do they do it? What can you learn from them?
How did you and your shoulder partner choose the other group you are working with? Did someone cross boundaries or did they stay in their group?
What do adults do that hurt or help you?
There will be a class discussion after 10 MINUTES. Brainstorm your answers below. Be prepared to share your answers…the following subjects might get you started:
~Sometimes adults see us as weak when we are strong and reliable.
~We want adults to share openly with us about power and how it operates.
~Respect us.
~Don’t do things FOR us - do them WITH us.
~Be flexible.
Name: ______
Cultural Revolution… ______/ 40
Turn to Pg. 695 in the book.
1. In your own words, define counterculture.
2. Can you see a counterculture in today’s society? Where? (2 Points)
3. Look under the heading DROPPING OUT:
- What idea were hippies rejecting?
- How did people drop out of society?
4. Look under the heading FASHION:
- Explain the type of clothes hippies wore. (2 points)
- Beads rejected the ______.
- Afros symbolized ______.
5. Look under the heading PITFALLS OF THE COUNTERCULTURE:
- List two situations that increased
- Who was responsible for a mass murder in California in 1969?
6. Look under the heading RELIGION:
- Explain why people where for AND against religion in the 1960s. (2 Points)
7. Look under the heading THE ARTS:
- Pop art appealed to which type of people?
- Explain why movies have the ratings they have today. (2 Points)
8. Look under the heading SOUNDS OF THE 1960S:
- Explain the 3 DIFFERENT TYPES of music that was popular and why it was popular.
(6 Points)
- What was Woodstock a celebration of?
Chapter 22 & 23 Review
Sit-ins
Malcolm X
Lee Harvey Oswald
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Kerner Commission
The Black Panthers
24th Amendment
Freedom Summer
Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
Watts Riot
Reason MLK (2) chose difficult sites like Montgomery, AL and Mississippi to protest their lack of civil rights
After MLK was assassinated, SCLC and the Black Panthers (2)
Success from Civil Rights Movement (5)
Leader of SCLC, SCLC main belief, and approach (3)
Title VII – What is it?
Title IX – What is it?
La Huelga – What is it, who was involved?
La Raza Unida Party – What is it, how does it help end discrimination?
American Indian Movement demands (3)
AARP – What is it, what is their goal?
Generation Gap – What is it?
Hippies rejected this (2)
Hippi symbols (2)
The Feminine Mysticque – What is it, what does it say about women?
Equal Rights Amendment – What is it, was it a success or failure to women’s rights and why?
United Farm Workers – What is it, who is involved?
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