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Unit 8- Navigation Page

UNIT 8 OUTLINE

Spring Rally Monday April 8th

Rally Schedule Tuesday April 9th

Finish The Help
Unit Overview
​Crash Course John Green
Begin 8.1 Origins of Civil Rights

Wednesday April 10th
Begin 8.1 Origins of Civil Rights

Friday April 12th
Assign Project Key Person (1945-1980) Video Presentations
Finish 8.1 Origins of Civil Rights
​Begin 8.2 The Young Fight Jim Crow
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Tuesday April 16th
8.2 Finish The Young Fight Jim Crow
Key Person (1945-1980) Presentations Project Time

Wednesday April 17th 
Chapter 15 Reading Quiz

Friday April 19th
8.3 Changing Laws and Minds

Tuesday April 23rd
8.4 Camelot and Crisis

Wednesday April 24th
Chapter 16 Reading Quiz

Friday April 26th
Key Person (1945-1980) Presentations

Tuesday April 30th
Sub Mr. Sanders
​American States Quiz (Must get above 85% on all three quizzes).
https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003
https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3044
https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3063
Begin Forrest Gump

Wednesday May 1st
Jeopardy

Friday May 3rd
Unit 8 Exam
​Finish Forrest Gump

UNIT 8 LECTURE POWERPOINTS

8.1 Origins of Civil Rights
8.1 GLN
8.2 The Young Fight Jim Crow
8.2 GLN
8.3 Changing Laws and Minds
8.3 GLN
8.4 Camelot and Crisis
8.4 GLN

UNIT 8 required reading

Open Book Reading Quizzes
Chapter 15, The Cold War Begins (704-729) 15 Q
Chapter 15 Reading Quiz [April 17th]
Chapter 16 Pages Postwar America (737-763) 20 Q
​Chapter 16 Reading Quiz [April 24th]

UNIT 8 HOMEWORK PACKET

Cover sheet
1. ​Warren Court Graphic Organizer
2. Guided Lecture Notes 8.1-8.4
Unit 8 Coversheet
Court Cases Organizer
Warren CC Background
Extra Credit Quicksheet
Unit 8 Quicksheet

Key Persons Project

Expectations: 
Explain in a 3 minute SMORE presentation,
(+5 points if your presentation is on a video)
and teach the historical significance of your person,
and how/why they are relevant to the Cold War Era (1945-1980).
Everyone must create something to further showcase understanding of the time period. (Rap, poem, drawing, poster, song, etc...)
Ask if you have any questions regarding the creation.
Assigned Persons
Persons List
Period 2 Submission Link
Period 4 Submission Link
Period 6 Submission Link



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Map a safe trip in
​the jim crow south

Green Book
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Claremont McKenna College - The Action, not the Race

"IF I'VE LOST CRONKITE, I'VE LOST MIDDLE AMERICA" -LBJ

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THIS IS NOT YOUR Project​ IGNORE
5 minute presentation and video.
Pick a Warren or Burger Court Case and you will need to make sure that you teach the class, and your presentation needs to include: Backstory, Chief Justice information, the court's decision, and the historical significance. You must create a Smore Website Presentation in addition to a YouTube video. Get creative.
​Teach the class why this court case is important.

Videos are due Tuesday May 1st

1. Brown v Board 1954
2. Mapp v. Ohio 1961
3. Baker v. Carr 1962
4. Engel v. Vitale 1962
5. Gideon v. Wainwright 1963
6. Escobedo v. Illinois 1964
7. Griswold v. Connecticut 1965
8. Miranda v. Arizona 1966
​9. Loving v. Virginia 1967
10. Roe v. Wade 1973
11. US. vs. Nixon 1974
12. Regents of Univ. of California v. Bakke 1978

​Project: Landmark Warren Court Cases
​Presentations using ​(SMORE) and (YouTube)

Court Case Smore Turn-in Link

2nd period
4th Period
6th Period

landmark Court cases project

Roe v Wade 1973 EXAMPLE
The Help Movie Questions
Freedom Riders Worksheet
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