Significant Moments

HW: Play Civil Rights Movement Quizlet. Improve Portfolio Assignments
Goal: Discuss how tensions following the Civil War complicated efforts to heal the nation and to redefine the status of African Americans. Explain the civil rights movement as attempts by people and the government to address major social, legal, and economic problems.

Portfolio: Civil Rights Movement
Document Based Essay (25)

Lifetime Achievement Award (15)
2 Significant Summary Short Answer Responses (20)
Birth Certificate (15)
Timeline (5)
Motivator Dojo (20)

1. Create Thesis for Final Product

• Discuss ways in which African Americans have been denied equal rights 
• Discuss methods [and]individuals, groups, and/or the government have used [methods]since 1950 to deal with the inequality faced by African Americans.

African Americans have been denied equal rights and individuals, groups, and/or the government have used different methods since 1950 to deal with the inequality.

2. Select 2nd Most Significant Events of the Civil Rights Movement to support thesis

• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• "Bet You Didn't Know: Rosa Parks, History Channel"
• "Montgomery Bus Boycott, History Channel"
• "King, History Channel"
• Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins
• "Join the Greensboro Sit-ins, National Museum of American History"
• March on Washington
• "Martin Luther King and the March on Washington, BBC Two, 28 Aug 2013"
• "Bet You Didn't Know: March on Washington, History Channel"

3. Complete Significant Summary Short Answer Responses #2

• (T) Develop all aspects of the task 
• (S) Incorporate information from primary and secondary sources 
• (C) Incorporate relevant context information 
• (FED) Support the theme with relevant facts, examples and details
• (O) Use a logical and clear plan of organization, including an introduction (OT) and a conclusion (OC) beyond a restatement of the theme

4. Attend a Writing Workshop & Peer Edit with Ptran