1. DISCUSSION TICKETS Write your name on 2 Each person must comment at least twice

today (this will be your participation grade)2. SHARING YOUR ARTICLE Where is it from? What does it say?3. POWERPOINT/VIDEO CLIPS 3 video clips with discussion questions

B BLOCK: 1960S HISTORYTHURSDAY 2/10/11

REMINDER

Tomorrow, your MLK assignment will be due by the end of the class period. We will also be working on correcting our quizzes. Any corrections must be completed in class as you will not be permitted to take the tests home.

If you anticipate having a lot of corrections to make, it would be a good idea to finish or work on the MLK assignment tonight as this must be completed before you can make any corrections on your quiz.

As promised, you will be given an opportunity to earn extra credit tomorrow.

2011 PROTESTS IN EGYPT

1960S HISTORY SPECIAL EGYPT DISCUSSION

SALSBERRY

IMAGES OF THE PROTEST

IMAGES OF THE PROTEST

IMAGES OF THE PROTEST

WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN A 1960S HISTORY CLASS?

YOUTH MOVEMENT Just like the “hippie”

movement Because they know

how to use “new media”

“WE SHALL OVERCOME”

Similar to the African-American Civil Rights movement and other social movements

WHERE IS EGYPT?

TUMULTUOUS REGION

QUICK FACTS

Protests in Egypt A Semi-Presidential

Republic (under emergency law)

Part of the 2010-2011 Arab World Protests Began with the

success of the Tunisian Revolution / Rebellion

WHAT ARE PEOPLE SO MAD ABOUT?

GRIEVANCES Economic

high unemployment food price inflation low minimum wages

Legal/Political state of emergency lack of free

elections no free speech

WHO WERE THEY MAD AT AND WHY?

PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARACK

“Elected” President for 30 years

Autocrat Out of touchHOW DID HE RESPOND

TO THE PROTESTS? Shut off internet

National Attention Shut off access to mobile

phone networks Appointed a new regime

GOOD PLAN...?

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE U.S.?

EGYPT IS AN IMPORTANT

ALLY They recognize Israel Tumultuous region

WHO WILL TAKE OVER? Inevitable – the

government is failing “Muslim Brotherhood”? Nobel Peace Prize winner

Mohamed ElBaradei? Mohamed ElBaradei

WHAT HAS THE U.S. SAID ABOUT THIS?

Reviewed aid (military and non-military)

Obama urged Mubarak to take serious “concrete steps” towards reform

Out of touch?