You are a designer who will gather information about the Civil Rights struggle in the United States and analyze and prioritize the important people, places and/or events in order to create and design a monument/memorial honoring one or more of these. Each person will select a person/event/happening from the United States Civil Rights Era to explore. Each person will conduct research to be able to intelligently speak to the following:

• What, or who, your selected topic is
• Tell why it is/was important to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
• Why is your topic worthy of being an honored "Monument" for all time?

You will follow the following steps to complete your assigned task:

You will be selecting a topic from the following list to conduct research on. You must register your topics with Mr. Millington. This list is not the only topics that you can research. All topics must be approved, and signed in with Mr. Millington by the due date listed.

TOPICS:

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Rosa Parks
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Little Rock Nine (Arkansas desegregation)
Lunch Counter Sit-Ins (North Carolina)
Freedom Riders
James Meredith
Birmingham Protesters (1963)
Medgar Evers
Birmingham Church Bombing
Voter Registration Drive (Mississippi Summer)
Selma to Montgomery March
Malcolm X
NAACP (National Assoc. for the Advancement of Colored People)
Black Panthers – only available with approval from Mr. M
Emmett Till

Thurgood Marshall

March on Washington, D.C.

Using the computer lab, library and the data bases that are available research your topic.  Use the Focus Questions Worksheet to guide your research.  You will be asked to turn this in and the turn in date will be determined.

Focus Questions - Worksheet must be filled out and turned in on designated date

DUE: TUESDAY MAY 13, 2008
 

The situation for African Americans that led up to your specific topic.

1. What was life like for African Americans before the event or person made a civil rights achievement?

The process by which that person, group or event led to that event or topic. 

2. What happened? Describe your topic.

Reactions of whites and other African-Americans.

3. Difficulties or problems encountered. Who or what were they up against?

Results, changes and achievements of that person, group or event.

4. The impact they had on Civil Rights Movement. Why are they important, and worthy of a monument?

This is a list of suggested research sites that can be used. They are not the only sources of information that are available to you. (Remember…Wikipedia is not a valid source for this project)

http://www.useekufind.com/peace/index.htm (This site provides a timeline and basic information on key people and events during the movement)

http://history.searchbeat.com/civilrights.htm (This is a great search engine to find websites on your specific topics)

http://www.lib.umich.edu/exhibits/brownarchive/
(History of Brown v. Board case on integration)

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1 (Provides brief biography and photographs of Rosa Parks)

http://www.bcri.org/index.html  (Birmingham Civil Rights museum)

http://www.core-online.org/history/montgomery%20boycott.htm
(Montgomery Bus Boycott summary and some photos)

http://www.centralhigh57.org/ (Little Rock Nine and desegregation of schools photos and comprehensive history)

http://www.africanamericans.com/JamesMeredith.htm (Summary and photos of James Meredith’s life and death)

http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/evers_medgar/ (Summary and photos of the Civil Rights leader and details about his death.)

http://www.thatsalabama.com/civilwrongs/churchbomb/
(Summary and links about Birmingham Church Bombing)

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAfreedomS.htm
(Summary of events to get African Americans to register to vote)

http://shl.stanford.edu/Crowds/galleries/selma/
(Summary and outstanding photos of the Civil Rights March led by Martin Luther King)

http://www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/home.php
(Website devote to life and history of Malcolm X includes photos and timeline)

http://www.naacp.org/past_future/naacptimeline.shtml
(History and timeline of NAACP)

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/panthers/
(History, photos and timeline of the Black Panther Party)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/
(Comprehensive website on the murder of Emmett Till)

http://www.rubybridges.org
(Provides history and accomplishments of Ruby Bridges)

http://www.core-online.org/history/history%20opening.htm
(History, photos and events of the Congress of Racial Equality)

Shenendehowa Online Databases
These can be accessed through www.shenet.org or by clicking on the links below.
Gale Biography Resource Center
EBSCO
 

Step 3-Works Cited
You must identify three (3) sources of information and they must be of a different varieties: Book, internet, online databases, etc.  You can use more than three but that is the minimum.  The correct format is in your research packet.  This must be typed and submitted with your final presentation. 

Step 4 - Research Information
Using the information you have gathered and your focus questions, produce a well written essay (3-4 paragraphs) about your topic.  Make sure you are focusing your paper and your research on the above objectives. 

Your essay should be typed, 12 point font and double spaced. 

The research information needs to be cited in your essay correctly according to the research packet (use your packet for correct format of author and page number). 

Step 5 - Sketch
Design a sketch of a monument that you would create to memorialize your person, group or event.  Include details and descriptions of things and attractions within your memorial.  You can design this on the computer if you wish or drawn by hand.  Please add color and make it look professional. This will also be submitted with your final paper. 

You will need to turn in your research, focus questions, essay and your museum/monument sketch in a report cover/folder.  The essay must be typed!!  Points will be deducted if it is not typed. 

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You will be visiting several websites on the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960’s. Under each topic are a few questions to help you gain a better understanding of these groundbreaking events that led to the Civil Rights Act in 1964.

Montgomery Bus Boycott (http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/USA/MontBus.html)

1. What events led to the boycott and who were the key figures involved?

2. Why was the event so significant to the Civil Rights Movement?

Little Rock Nine (http://www.centralhigh57.org)

Look under the "Background" on the home page:

1. What did Governor Orval Faubus do to prevent the integration of black students in Central High?

2. How did the federal government and President Eisenhower get involved?

3. What monumental event took place on May 27, 1958?

Lunch Counter Sit-Ins: (http://www.sitins.com/story.shtml)

1. How did these four men challenge the unwritten rules of the South?

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: (http://www.ibiblio.org/sncc)

1. Why was the committee organized?

2. What were freedom rides? (Need to look under events on this site)

Birmingham Church Bombings: (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAC16.htm)

1. What happened on September 15, 1963?

2. What recent events (1977, 2000 and 2002) have occurred in this case to settle the mystery?

Selma to Montgomery March: (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAselma.htm)

1. What events led to the March and who became the key figures involved?

2. What happened when the marchers reached the city of Selma at Pettus Bridge?

3. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do on March 25, 1965 in response to the violence?