Documents for Final Exam Essay

In a five paragraph analytical essa y you must answer the question who had a more profound impact on the Civil Rights Movement: Malcolm X or Martin Luther King Jr.. Below are the documents you should use.


I Have A Dream

Interview with Malcom X

Message to the Grassroots

Power of Non-Violence

Bullet or Ballot Speech

Letter From Birmingham Jail

Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom

Malcom X Speeches

Quiz Thursday

Please go to the following link and take the quiz with your group.

Civil Rights Quiz

Comment on Friday's viewing of Mississippi Burning

Comment on Thursday's Showing of Mississipi Burning

Homework 5/15

Read the following articles

1. Fact or Fiction

2. Mississippi Burning Scorches Historians

3. Edgar Ray Killen

Homework 5/13

Read in your textbook.

Read pp. 388 - 390, 396 -398 and 405-406

Homework 5/10

1. Plessy vs.Ferguson

2. Brown vs. the Board of Education

3. Brown vs. the Board of Education video

4. Little Rock Nine

5. Little Rock Nine Video

6. Harlem Renaissance

Week of April 14

1. Monday: Go to the library to work on your project.
2. Wednesday: Work on your projects in the classroom.
3. Thursday: Seminar on the question: How did America become involved in Vietnam and should they have been involved there?
4. Friday: Presentations on the Vietnam War.

Homework 4/4

1. Prepare your presentation with your partner. You will present on Monday. Remember the presentation must not exceed five minutes. You also must hand in your paper with the bibliography on Monday.
2. Read Packet # 2 and in your textbook read 379 (Entanglement) to 380 (Containing), 394 (Containment) – 394 (Containing Castro), 401 (Vietnam) – 402 (Stalemate). These readings discuss how we got involved in Vietnam.
3. Here is the link for the video we watched in class. Vietnam Video

Homework 4/2

1. Read the packet on the Cold War
2. Read pp. 369 - 376 in your textbook.
3. We will meet in the library for class tomorrow.

Hobo Story Comments

Please post your comments here on the hobo stories from your group.

Homework 2/14

1. Read pp. 350-354
2. Work on your project
3. Happy Valentine's Day especially to Colby and Julia, Calli and Jake and last but not least Kelly and Thomas.

Homework 2/13

1. Read pp. 343-350 in your textbook.
2. Work on your project.

Links for Teenage Hobo Project

First Hand Accounts

Riding the Rails Video

Images of the Dustbowl

Primary Source on Riding the Rails

Other Voices from the Depression

Breadline Primary Source

National Hertiage Musuem Exhibit

On Line Seminar

We will be having an online seminar. You can start posting today and you have until Monday morning at 9:30 AM to post. You must post at least three times. When you post, be sure you are using proper grammar and spelling. Be sure that you have evidence to support your  ideas and also make sure you are responding to other posts by your peers. The question you should discuss is: Was Reconstruction successful? You should consider its impact on the African Americans in the South, how well the Union came back together and the impact on the Southern states. If you have any questions, please let me know.

1. Watch the following video until the 44:37 mark (roughly). Be sure to note what you have learned that is different from what we have discussed in class or that you have read. The link for the video is below. Note I believe you have to be on the school server to watch it.

Reconstruction video

Homework 1/25

1. Read pp. 460- 463 "Black Codes in Mississippi"  in For The Record and answer the questions on p.463.
2. Read pp. 464-465 "An unreconstructed Southerner" in For the record and answer the questions on p. 465.

Homework 1/24

1. Below is the link to our class wiki. You should start to work on your assigned ID for the wiki. Some of the guidelines. You must explain what the ID is and its significance. Please be detailed as this is the study guide for your classmates. You must include at least one image. Talk to your classmates if you need help on how to do it. You must include a link to a secondary source and a link to primary source. If you have questions, please let me know.

Class Wiki

Homework 1/23

1. In your textbook read pp. 209 -215.

Homework 1/10

1. Revise your paper.
2. Read pp. 203- 204 in your textbook.
3. Read the handout I gave you in class.
4. Comment on: Lincoln's rational for fighting the Civil War changed from his Gettysburg Address to his Second Inaugural Speech. What changed and why do you think it changed?
5. Comment on: What factors did Lincoln have to consider before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation and why did he ultimately decide to issue it.