Civil+Rights

**Photo sources** **Emmitt Till** - http://wendellspencer.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/225px-emmett_till.jpg **Desegregation of Little Rock Schools** - http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/little_rock_desegregation_1957.jpg

In this unit we will explore the ways that Americans have (or have not) pursued equality for all citizens in a population characterized by racial, ethnic, gender, and religious diversity. We will highlight the experiences of African-Americans, women, Latinos, and Native Americans in the Civil Rights movement.

• What do Americans mean when we say that all people are equal? • Why have Americans sometimes failed to uphold equality?
 * Essential Questions**

**[|Eyes on the Prize Episode Guide]** - please click on this link and look at the **top of the page** for the number of the episode you choose to explore/watch related video.

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 * Classroom Resources**

Women's Rights
[|Click on this link] to see a New York Times graphic about wage discrimination between men and women. Why do you think women earn less than men?

[|Click on this link] to read then-Senator Obama's speech on race in the United States.
 * Obama's Speech on Race**

• //Brown v. Board of Education// Supreme Court Case • Civil Rights timeline • NonviolentProtest 11 Keynote - CivilRIghtsProtests11.pdf • Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech • Contrast Malcolm X and MLK • Handout with American Indian Movement (AIM), Cesar Chavez, National Organization for Women (NOW) • terms: Segregation, Integration, Affirmative Action, • **Quiz will be** **OPEN NOTES**: Part I (solo): multiple choice, political cartoon analysis, short answer. Part II (assigned partner): crossword puzzle
 * REVIEW FOR QUIZ:**

BBC article on wealth gap between black and white Americans: []

Different approaches to achieving equality: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X: MLKvMalcolmX.key