| AP American History =^^= Assignment Sheet—UNIT 2: Civil Rights Movement /Great Society/Cultural Conflicts of the 1960s Monday 10/13: No School—Columbus Day Due Tues 10/14: Homework due: Read African Americans and the Quest for Civil Rights. Highlight and take notes! This essay is long and makes many very important points. Be prepared to discuss it. Written homework due: (1) What was the status of race relations in 1900 (give specific examples); (2) What attempts were made by each of the following to address the problems of African Americans: Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois (3) When was the NAACP founded/what were its goals/what strategy did it employ? (4) What impact did WWI have on race relations in America? (5) Write a thesis statement for this essay. Wed 10/15: No Homework! We will discuss the results of our first unit exams and your grades/status so far! (Feel free to get a head start on some of the longer readings that are coming up next week). Due Thurs 10/16: We will discuss the history of the Supreme Court and the 14th Amendment. HMK due: Read primary sources 24.4 (Supreme Court’s Plessy decision) and 24.5 (The Harlan dissent)—these are in the same packet as the Atlanta Exposition reading. You can also look them up online. Also read the entire 14th Amendment (page A46 in the back of your textbook; or look it up online)…Written hmk due: (1) Summarize/explain the four provisions of the 1st clause of the 14th Amendment (2) How does the Supreme Court support its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson? (3) What is the argument behind the Harlan dissent? Due Fri 10/17: Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois—How did their philosophies differ; How effective was each man in dealing with the problems faced by African Americans at the turn of the century? Homework: Read 24.1 “The Atlanta Exposition” by Booker T. Washington, 24.2 “Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others” by W.E.B. DuBois. These are primary source documents written by 2 of the most prominent spokesmen for African Americans of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Take notes regarding the points made by each man. Written homework due: (1) Write a one paragraph summary of each man’s perspective/philosophy regarding African Americans (both Washington and DuBois) (2) Do a Google ® search of both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois; find at least 3 significant biographical facts regarding each. (3) In what ways might their different backgrounds have impacted their views on how to best address the problems of African Americans? Bring this written assignment AND the readings (24.1 and 24.2) to class! Due Mon 10/20: No Homework. (Please get a head start on either of the 2 long readings due next week—Freedom Summer & Trumpet of Conscience) In class: The Road to Brown Due Tues 10/21: The Brown decision; the response to it. Homework due: Read the following sections from the handout entitled “The Supreme Court and the Black Revolution” (it has C/411 on top): 1. The Court Rejects Segregation (this is the Brown decision, 1954) 2. One Hundred Representatives Dissent 3. Eisenhower Sends Federal Troops. Also read 36.4: A Plea for Non-Violent Resistance by MLK; 36.6: I Have a Dream by MLK; 36.5: Strong Local Government is the Foundation of Our System by George Wallace Written homework due: summarize the main points of each of these historical documents. Due Wed 10/22: Read Freedom Summer. Written homework due: Take notes as you read, this essay makes a number of important points. (1) What was “Freedom Summer” all about? (2) Identify: CORE, COFO (3) Why were white students used by the organizers? (4) Who were the 3 missing activists and what happened to them? (5) What was the outcome of the crisis? (6) What effects did this event have on the Civil Rights movement (both positive and negative)? Due Thurs 10/23: Read Trumpet of Conscience by Stephen Oates. Highlight and take notes! Written homework due: (1) Trace the developments in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life that led him to civil rights activism. (2) Identify: SNCC (3) What was the purpose of “creative tension?” (4) Why was MLK so important to the civil rights movement/what were his most important achievements? (5) Why does Oates believe that MLK’s movement began to lose momentum? (6) At what point did MLK begin to receive criticism for his activism? Due Fri 10/24: We will have a guest speaker: please get to class on time and be courteous! There are 2 readings due, both are pretty short. Homework due: I. Read The Nashville Lunch Counter Sit Ins, up to the line on page 31 (you can skip the Walking in the Wind section and the Bayard Rustin Section) Written Homework DUE: (1) Identify SNCC (2) How were the student protestors trained in the non-violent method? (3) How do you account for the spectrum of white Nashville’s response to the protestors? II. Read Stolen Girls. Written homework due: (4) What was the status of race relations in Americus, Georgia at the time of this incident? (5) What were the girls protesting? (6) What happened to them? (7) Please write a short reaction (one paragraph) to this article. The speaker that we will have in class grew up in the town in which this incident occurred. One of the girls in the article was her babysitter and several were family friends. Due Monday 10/27: America at a Racial Crossroads. You have several different readings; all of them are short but important. Homework due: (1) Read primary source documents 36.3: Can Negroes afford to be Pacifists? By R. Williams; 36.2: Separate and be Saved by Elijah Muhammed;.36.7: Position Paper on Black Power by Stokely Carmichael (SNCC) and 36.8: The Ideology of the Black Panthers by Heuy Newton and Bobby Seale. Highlight and take notes! Written homework due: Briefly summarize the perspective of each of these spokesmen for African Americans. What are the common themes of each? How do they differ? (2) read 932-934 in text. Identify/explain the importance of: Malcolm X, Nation of Islam, Stokley Carmichael, SNCC (3) Read the handout on the Kerner Commission Report. Also, Google the following race riots: Watts 1965, Detroit 1967, Newark 1967—for each, identify the cause, the length, the impact. What did the Kerner Report have to say about the causes of the riots, what did the Commission recommend? (4) Read Getting Beyond Race by Mort Zuckerman. Written Homework Due: Write a one paragraph reaction to this short essay on race in America today. Due Tuesday 10/28: The Great Society. Read in text 927-932 **Written Homework Due: (1) identify and briefly explain the Great Society programs regarding education, medical care, VISTA, NEA, Office of Economic Opportunity, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (2) What was the Johnson treatment? (3) Identify/explain: the 4 provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Affirmative Action; Barry Goldwater; Immigration Act of 1964; 24th Amendment; Voting Rights of 1965 Also, read the following primary source documents from handouts C-411 and B-469: John Kenneth Galbriath criticizes the “Affluent Society” 1958 (this one is in the same packet as the Supreme Court & the Black Revolution); Michael Harrington discovers “Another America” 1962; President Johnson declares “War on Poverty” 1964 **Written homework Due: briefly explain the importance of each document. Due Wed 10/29: The Anti War Movement, The Counterculture, The Sexual Revolution, Gay Rights; Cultural upheaval in the 1960s. Read in text 935-945. Please take notes on this section…and do not neglect the last two pages—“Varying Viewpoints: The ‘60s, Constructive or Destructive?” Be prepared for a quiz. Essay outline due: The 1960s are generally thought of as an important time for civil rights, but the 1940s and 1950s were equally important. Assess the validity of this statement. (You must write a thesis statement, a thorough outline, and a complete introductory paragraph—in the proper format). Due Thursday 10/30: Study! In class: America 1960-1970 Friday 10/31:Essay Exam; Unit 2 (Review Sheet for Unit 2 is due today!) Monday 11/3: Multiple Choice Exam; Unit 2 Tuesday 11/4: No School—Election Day/Superintendent’s Conference Day |