APUSH 2024-2025

Period 8: 1945-1980, Topic 10- The African American Civil Rights Movement  (continued) Student Learning Objective - Explain the causes and effects of the African American Civil Rights Movement 1. Note-    American Pageant Stormy Sixties (39 from an old edition) moved to 2/23 2. Did you turn in the Jim Crow Laws Reflection 2/11? Civil Rights timeline 3. What from the Civil Rights timeline are you familiar with? 4. What are the most important events in the Civil Rights movement? U2- Pride 5. How does this connect to the Civil Rights Movement? "I Have Dream" text 6. What is his point of view? 7. Who is his audience and why is that important? 8. What is the purpose of this speech? 9. What is the historical situation at the time? Letter from a Birmingham Jail 10. Who is the intended audience? 11. What is the purpose? Ross Barnett on segregation  from 2/12 What is his point of view? Who is his intended audience? From 2/12- Discussion Question #6- What groups are the Black...

Check in from 2/11 on Jim Crow law reflection? Check in from 2/11- Groups 1-4 Period 8: 1945-1980, Topic 10- The African American Civil Rights Movement Student Learning Objective - Explain how and why various groups responded to calls for the expansion of Civil Rights. Southern Man by Neil Young      Lyrics What is the main idea?  Or what is Young's point of view? What are some supporting details? What is the historical situation at the time? What is the purpose of Young alluding to slavery? Sweet Home Alabama  What did you not notice before? What is their point of view? 8.10 Daily Video #1 on AP Classroom 8.10 Daily Video #2 on AP Classroom Ross Barnett on segregation What is his point of view? Who is his intended audience? What We Want Now! What We Believe. . . . 1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black community. We believe that Black people will not be free until we are able to determine our destiny. 2. We want full employment ...

Period 8: 1945-1980, Topic 10- The African American Civil Rights Movement  Student Learning Objective - Explain how and why various groups responded to calls for the expansion of Civil Rights. Directions- Students break into groups, read excerpts and report to the class as a whole about their findings with guided questions. Group 1- Ella Baker- “ The Black Woman in the Civil Rights Struggle ” (D. Beiner, A. Joshi, E. O'Maley, Z. McKeen, J. Kullgren, Allison Escalante de Leon, Hoke) In the third paragraph, what previous Civil Rights leader does she refer to? What is the purpose? What is the historical development? (How does feminism play a role in the 1960's and 1970's and how does it interact with the Civil Rights Movement? Group 2- John Lewis- " Speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom "- (Towne, Parisi, Widtfeldt, Black, Buckley, Mannone) What is the historical situation? What is the point of view? (Who is "we"?) What is the purpose? What...

  Student Learning Objective - Students will evaluate specific Jim Crow Laws Directions :  Read the specific Jim Crow laws and write a reflection evaluating at least one specific Jim Crow Law.  Suggestion- Talk about the ones that are the most unfair.  Suggestion- Are there ones that anger you for a specific reason?  Are there ones that make no sense because of some specific detail?  From the 1880s into the 1960s, a majority of American states enforced segregation through "Jim Crow" laws (so called after a black character in minstrel shows). From  Delaware  to  California , and from  North Dakota  to  Texas , many states (and cities, too) could impose legal punishments on people for consorting with members of another race. The most common types of laws forbade intermarriage and ordered business owners and public institutions to keep their black and white clientele separated. Here is a sampling of laws from various states: Nurs...

Period 8: 1945-1980, Topic 9- The Great Society Student Learning Objective - Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government over time. 60 Second Presidents LBJ Where is LBJ from? Why is that important? How did LBJ become President in 1963? How was LBJ's House and Senate background important? What laws mentioned do you know about? What undid LBJ's presidency?  Why? 8.9 Daily Video #1 on AP Classroom Discussion Question #1- How does the War on Poverty connect to today? Discussion Question #2- How does the Kerner Commission connect to today? 8.9 Daily Video #2 on AP Classroom (Watch on your own sometime to study for Short Answer Questions!) LBJ campaign ad for 1964 election Discussion Question #3- Why would LBJ use this as his campaign ad in 1964 ? Great Society History.com Great Society Discussion Question #4-  What is the Great Society? Go to page 896 Discussion Question #5- How does the Immigration Act of 1965 compare to pr...

Period 8: 1945-1980, Topic 8- Vietnam War (continued) Student Learning Objective-  Students will explain the effects of the Vietnam War. 1975-  Fall of Saigon  (film clip) 1. Who promised the removal of US troops in 1968? Vietnamization End of Vietnam War 1. In what year was the Paris Accords signed to end the Vietnam War? 2. What happened in 1975? 3. How is Vietnam different than Korean War? (WWI or WWII) Vietnam map - What change do you see? What does it mean to you? What are people doing in 1975? Why? Communist country map Discussion Question #1- Based on the map, what would you say was the outcome of the Vietnam War and a direct result? Discussion Question #2- What change has taken place since the Cold War though? “PURPOSE AND POLICY “SECTION 2. (a) It is the purpose of this joint resolution to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the int...