1. PLAN FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR2. UPSTANDER DRAFT

3. UPSTANDER PROJECT4. BOP BROWN V. BOARD QUIZ

5. THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILL6. LITTLE ROCK 9

Welcome! 05/28-29/2014

1. Rest of the Year Plan

May 28/29 – Today; Emmett Till, Little Rock 9

May 30/ June 3- Freedom Riders; Upstanders Work time

June 4/5- Freedom Riders, MLK Jr, Vietnam, JFK, Civil Rights Act

June 6- Transition Ceremony

June 9/10 Present Upstanders

2. Upstander Draft

Selection!Print a photo that represents your Upstander

after selection…where would they go in the timeline based on their ‘event’?

3. Upstander Project

Essential QuestionsHow does our identity influence, or shape, the

way we see ourselves and others?To what extent do ideas about race influence the

choices we make?What are the consequences of dividing people

by race?How can individuals and groups in a democracy

organize to correct injustices?How do the choices people make, individually

and collectively, shape a society?

3. Upstander Project

Concepts:Democracy is participatory (it requires

citizens' involvement)!Individual dignityJusticeCommon goodEqualityRule of lawParticipation

3. Upstander Project

What was the legacy of their choices?How could you assess the individual’s contribution /legitimacyDid the person act alone---or with others?Use violenceNon violenceCivil disobedienceLegal systemSchools

3. Upstanders

Muhammad Ali Harriet Tubman Frederick Douglass Abolitionists John Brown Marcus Garvey Eleanor Roosevelt Rosa Parks JFK RKF MLK Dwight D. Eisenhower Thurgood Marshall Earl Warren Booker T. Washington Ralph Abernathy (poor people’s march on

Washington ‘68 Malcolm X Little Rock 9 (‘57) Bob Moses James Chaney (Freedom Summer 64) Fannie Lou Hammer Viola Liuzzo James Meredith (1933- Medgar Evers

Montgomery Bus Boycott (‘55) Greensboro Sit-In (Woolworth’s) Freedom Rides (‘61…..) March on Washington (8/63) I Have a Dream Speech (8/63) Freedom Summer(64) Selma Campaign (‘65) Birmingham Campaign Black Power (SNCC) Stokely Carmichael

organizations/groups, NAACP W.E.B. DuBois Nation of Islam (1930) CORE (1942) SCLC (1957) SNCC (1960)

Artists & Celebrities Jackie Robinson Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome Joan Baez We Shall Overcome_’66 Bob Dylan (oxford town ‘62) Billie Holiday ’59 (strange fruit) Odetta “Oh, Freedom” ‘61 Sam Cooke _A Change is Gonna Come ‘63 John Coltrane (Alabama ‘63) Nina Simone ‘64

4. BOP- Brown v. Board Quiz

1. Describe the basics of the case. Who, What, When, Where, etc.

2. Describe why the Supreme Court overturned Plessy V. Ferguson 1896. What was their reasoning?

3. Describe the role of Federalism in this case.

5. The Murder of Emmett Till

Questions to discuss…

Why would this murder be more important or ‘bigger news’ than the thousands of other lynchings during the Era of Jim Crow?

How does the role of technology affect Emmett Till’s murder?

Have someone at your table explain the case of Trayvon Martin. Create a Venn Diagram for Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin…more similar or more different?

6. Little Rock 9

Begin watching…finish for HW

Answer a Document section for HW as a group and present to the class next time