A MONUMENTAL PROPOSAL:
THE PROCESS

Step 1 - Select your topic
You will be selecting a topic from the following list to conduct research on. You must register your topics with Mrs. McCarthy.
TOPICS
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
Emmett Till
 

Step 2- Researching your topic
 Using the E-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
 

• The situation for African Americans that led up to your specific topic. 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.  What happened?

• Reactions of whites and other African-Americans.

• Difficulties or problems encountered.

• Results, changes and achievements of that person, group or event. The impact they had on Civil Rights Movement

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

Shenendehowa's 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 four but that is the minimum.  The correct format is in your research packet.  This must be typed and submitted with your final paper. 

Step 4 - Research Paper
Using the information you have gathered and your working outline, write a 1 1/2 - 2 page paper about your topic.  Make sure you are focusing your paper and your research on the above objectives.  Your paper should be typed, 12 point font and double spaced.  You need to have at least two (2) internal citations included within your paper (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. 

Step 6 - Final Copy
You will need to turn in your paper and your museum sketch in a report cover/folder.  Paper must be typed!!  Points will  be deducted if it is not typed.