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Homework for 4/30 - Primary Source Assignment
Worksheet

Required Reading
- This reading comes from Encarta.com and has been edited somewhat to focus on key segments of each revolution.

Introduction and Conclusion
This word document includes our class brainstorm on points to include in your intro and conclusion:

PowerPoints
Social Revolutions of the 1960's: Powerpoint that was presented in class Revolutionary Voices: Project Guidelines, Tips and Examples (from Russian Revolution)

== Civil Rights Timeline== 1954 - Supreme Court's //Brown v. Board of Education// decision outlaws racial segregation in public schools. 1955 - Murder and trial of Emmett Till 1955 - Rosa Parks is arrested and Bus Boycott begins in Montgomery, Alabama. 1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is formed, under Martin Luther King, Jr. leadership. 1957 - Federal troops sent to protect black students at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. 1960 - Sit-in to protest segregated lunch counters in Greensboro, North Carolina. 1961 - Freedom Riders campaign begins in the South. 1963 - March on Washington is held in Washington DC. 1964 - Congress passes the Civil Rights Act. 1964 - "Freedom Summer" and the murder of three civil rights activists. 1965 - Bloody Sunday and MLK's march from Selma to Birmingham, Alabama. 1965 - Congress passes the Voting Rights Act. 1965 - Malcolm X is assassinated. 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr, is assassinated.

General Resources on the 1960's
Online textbook segments on 1960's events and people. Good overview: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?titleID=65 A variety of text and multimedia resources: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/resource_guides/content.cfm?tpc=30 A good place to start with Encarta (online Encylcopedia): http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefEdList.aspx?refid=210109800

African-American Civil Rights Movement
[|Biography.com presents Black History Month] [|Martin Luther King, Jr., NHS Jim Crow Laws] [|Rosa Parks Interview] Primary Sources on Civil Rights: []

Women's Rights (Feminism, Women's Liberation)
[|Biography Celebrates Women's History Month] [|American Women Through Time] History of National Organization for Women: http://www.now.org/history/index.html

Youth Movement (Anti-War, Counter-Culture, Protest, Hippie Movement)
Anti-War Movement: [|http**://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/vietnam/antiwar.html**] Woodstock 1969: http://www.woodstock69.com/ The Sixties Project: []

Film List
Forrest Gump (PG-13) - If you see one movie, see this. Comprehensive and very entertaining. Malcolm X (PG-13) - Covers the life of this controversial Civil Rights figure. Ghosts of Mississippi (PG-13) - Takes you back to the segregated South to witness the discrimination. Remember the Titans (PG) - Inside look at a school football team that is dealing with the challenges of racial integration. Autobiography of Jane Pittman (NR) - Another film that has everthing: Slavery, Segregation, and Civil Rights. Mona Lisa Smile (PG -13) Pleasantville (PG-13)

Music List
War - Edwin Star Where Have All the Flowers Gone? - Pete Seeger Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan Times They Are a Changin - Bob Dylan For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield Ball of Confusion - The Temptations Imagine - John Lennon Peace Train - Cat Stevens Universal Soldier - Donovan Revolution - Beatles Fortunate One - Credance Clearwater Revival Ohio - Crosby, St ills, Nash, and Young