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U8.SQ3 - Civil Rights Successes & Challenges (Day #1)
U8.SQ3 - Civil Rights Successes & Challenges (Day #2)

Compelling Question: What tactics did individuals or groups use to gain freedom, and how successful were those efforts?

DO-NOW: Predict 🧐
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Question 1
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How did different Civil Rights tactics (nonviolent protest, political action, and Black Power) impact the success of gaining freedom?

Contextualize 🔍️
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Source 2:

Legal & Political Action

NAACP. (n.d.). Medgar Evers. https://naacp.org

Legal and political action means using laws, courts, and voting to create change and gain rights.

  • Examples: Voter Education Project, Freedom Summer
  • Organizations: NAACP, SCLC
Successes:
  • Increased voter registration
  • Built political power
  • Helped lead to Voting Rights protections
Challenges:
  • Intimidation and violence
  • Local resistance (especially Mississippi)
  • Limited immediate impact in some areas
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Source 3: Audio Recording of Telephone Conversation between Lyndon B. Johnson (President) and Martin Luther King Jr. (1963)


Caption: Lyndon Johnson called Martin Luther King Jr. shortly after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 to tell him his plan to pass federal civil rights legislation as a tribute to Kennedy. The former president said told the civil rights leader, ‘I’m going to try to be of all of your hopes.’

Source 4: Photograph of LBJ & MLK Jr. in the Oval Office

Caption: Martin Luther King, Jr., talks with President Lyndon B. Johnson, December 3, 1963.
Engage Sources 📜
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Question 9
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Based on Sources 1 and 2, how would you describe the relationship between Martin Luther King Jr. and President Lyndon B. Johnson?

Source 5: FBI's Poison Pen Letter to MLK Exposed: America's Book Of Secrets, History Channel (2021)

Engage Sources 📜
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Question 10
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Based on Source 3, how would you describe the relationship between Martin Luther King Jr. and the FBI?

Source 6: Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr. from FBI assistant director William C. Sullivan (1964)
Engage Sources 📜
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Question 11
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CREDIT FOR COMPLETING ANNOTATIONS & QUESTIONS ON LETTER (PAPER) __________

END OF DAY #1

U8.SQ3 - Civil Rights Successes & Challenges
To be continued tommorrow...

Supporting Question: What were the greatest successes and challenges of the Civil Rights Movement?


DO-NOW: Predict 🧐
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Question 12
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When you see this symbol, what does it mean or represent to you?

Contextualize 🔍️
In 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale created the Black Panther Party for Self Defense to address police oppression of blacks in Oakland, California.  Because community members also turned to the Panthers for help with economic and social problems like job discrimination and evictions, the Panthers started community services in 1969 to build community self-determination.  The Panthers’ first and most successful community program was the Free Breakfast for Children Program.
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Source 8: Civil Rights Act (1964)

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Question 17
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This source represents a __________ of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Question 18
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Explanation:

Source 9: Voting Rights Act (1965)

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Question 19
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This source represents a __________ of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Question 20
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Explanation:

Source 10: Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr. from FBI assistant director William C. Sullivan (1964)

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Question 21
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This source represents a __________ of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Question 22
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Explanation:

Source 11: Article by Nan Enstad in Time Magazine (2020)

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Question 23
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This source represents a __________ of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Question 24
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Explanation:

Source 12: Photo of the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom (August 28, 1963)

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Question 25
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This source represents a __________ of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Question 26
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Explanation:

Source 13: Newspaper article on MLK Jr. assassination (1968)

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Question 27
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This source represents a __________ of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Question 28
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Explanation:

Source 14: Photo of John Lewis (foreground) is beaten by a state trooper in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. The future congressman suffered a fractured skull.

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Question 29
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This source represents a __________ of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Question 30
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Explanation:

Source 15: Various Photographs of the Black Panther Party Free Food Programs (1970s)

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Question 31
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This source represents a __________ of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Question 32
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Explanation:

Communicate Conclusions 📢 | MASTERY (70%)
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Question 33
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U8.SQ3 - Exit Ticket: Answer the supporting question below using a Claim, Evidence, Reasoning format and at least one (1) source from the assignment.

What tactics did individuals or groups use to gain freedom, and how successful were those efforts?

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One tactic used to gain freedom was __________. This tactic was used by __________. According to the source, __________. This shows that __________. Therefore, this tactic was (effective / not effective) because __________.
Source 1:
Nonviolence and Civil Rights:
The King Center. (n.d.). Nonviolence. https://thekingcenter.org
  • Nonviolence is a set of values that rejects violence and encourages change through peaceful actions
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement believed nonviolence was the best way to achieve equality for Black Americans during the civil rights era.


Nonviolent Direct Action
  • Examples: Freedom Riders, Sit-ins, March on Washington
  • Leaders: Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers
Successes:
  • Exposed segregation to national media
  • Pressured federal government to act
  • Led to enforcement of desegregation laws
Challenges:
  • Violence (beatings, bombings, murders)
  • Slow progress
  • Relied on federal support
Question 2
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What was a significant event shown in the image?

Question 3
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Which leader is associated with the event in the image?

Question 4
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What was a goal of the march depicted in the image?

Question 5
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What method of protest was used during the event in the image?

Contextualize 🔍
Medger Evers
Throughout his short life, Medgar Evers heroically spoke out against racism in the deeply divided South. He fought against cruel Jim Crow laws, protested segregation in education, and launched an investigation into the Emmett Till lynching. In addition to playing a role in the civil rights movement, he served as the NAACP's first field officer in Mississippi.
Question 6
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What was a success of legal and political action in the movement?

Question 7
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Which challenge was faced during the Voting Rights movement?

Question 8
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What organization focused on civil rights and voting education?

Source 7:

Black Power / Self-Defense / Radical Change February 11, 2010

/ Contributed By: Diane Pien
  • Leaders:Malcolm X Stokely Carmichael Fred Hampton Black Panther Party
Tactics:
  • Promoting Black pride and self-determination
  • Community programs (food, education, health clinics)
  • Armed self-defense (in some cases)
Successes:
  • Empowered Black communities
  • Shifted the movement toward independence and identity
  • Addressed economic inequality
Challenges:
  • Seen as too radical by some Americans
  • Government surveillance and suppression
  • Internal divisions within the movement

Question 13
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What was a primary goal of the Black Panther Party?

Question 14
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Which tactic did the Black Panther Party often use?

Question 15
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What was a challenge faced by Black Power movements?

Question 16
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What did leaders like Malcolm X advocate for?

END OF U8.SQ3

Civil Rights Successes & Challenges
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