Advanced Placement European History



Advanced Placement US History

Online Learning – WEEK 6

← You will be handing in FOUR Essential Assignments this week.

Written Reflections Instructions:

• All Reflections for the week will be submitted in ONE document (GoogleDoc or Word), with clearly labeled headings (Title of Assignment, date).

• These are NOT LEQ style essay, but 1-2 paragraph reflections that should be between ¼ to ½ of a page at most. However, all responses must be fully explained with 2-3 pieces of evidence.

Online Class Instructions:

• Share your opinion with historical evidence

• Ask a question of the whole group

OR

• Respond to someone else’s comment with a statement of support, rebuttal, or modification, or a clarifying question.

Optional online classes this week:

o Friday, 1:00 – 1:45pm Civil Rights Acts Reflection

o Friday, 2:00 – 2:45pm Civil Rights Acts Reflection

o sign up here

|Day: |MEMORIAL DAY |

|MONDAY, |Memorial Day, originally Decoration Day, was first celebrated nationally on May 30, 1868 to honor soldiers who died in the Civil War. |

|May 25 |It did not become a federal holiday until 1971. |

|Day: |AMERICA AS A WORLD POWER |

|TUESDAY, | |

|May 26 | |

| |Watch Video & Read Articles |

| |Article: Khan Academy - The Start of the Space Race |

| |Video: Bay of Pigs Invasion: A Perfect Failure (5:30min) |

| |Article: Khan Academy - The Cuban Missile Crisis |

| | |

| |Reflection: Why did space become a focal point of the Cold War both politically & socially? Reference history as well as your own |

| |opinions. Complete either this prompt OR the Great Society Prompt |

| |To Learn More: |

| |Speech: JFK Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation |

| |Article: US Space Force Unveils Flag |

|Day: |THE GREAT SOCIETY & THE NEED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS |

|WED, | |

|May 27 | |

| |Watch Video |

| |Video: The March on Washington (2:33min) |

| | |

| |Watch one of the following videos OR read the article below. |

| |Article: The Great Society |

| |Video: The Great Society (4min) or Video: The Great Society (LBJ Library) (5min) |

| | |

| |Reflection: Which of the six categories of initiatives that made up the Great Society do you feel is the most impactful today? In |

| |which categories has the Great Society failed? Explain. |

| |To Learn More: |

| |Video: National Museum of African American History & Culture Documentary - March on WA |

|Day: |THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1960s |

|THURSDAY, May 28 | |

| |Read Primary Document – annotate entire document, (you will have to scan this or upload your image w/ annotations into your Google |

| |Doc/Word doc). |

| |PD – Martin Luther King, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” |

| | |

| |Reflection: Pick ONE of the following prompts – respond using evidence from “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” as well as your own |

| |opinions. |

| |What are our responsibilities as citizens? |

| |What are the barriers to building democracy? |

| |Can there be justice without equality? |

| |What can we expect from our leaders? |

| |What enables change and what gets in the way? |

| |To Learn More: |

| |Video: Martin Luther King’s Last Speech Excerpt, April 3, 1968 |

| |Article: NYT “Which Martin Luther King Are We Celebrating Today?” |

|Day: |THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 & THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 |

|FRIDAY, | |

|May 29 | |

| |Take the Louisiana State Literacy Test - (10 min timed) Literacy tests were very common in the south in the Jim Crow Era (1877-1965)|

| |and most southern states had some version, they were used to determine eligibility for voting. |

| | |

| |Watch the following video OR read article on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 & the Voting Rights Act of 1965 |

| |Video: The Civil Rights Act & Voting Rights Act (4:30min) |

| |Article: Khan Academy – The Civil Rights Act & Voting Rights Act |

| | |

| |Reflection: Some historians say that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is the most important piece of antiracist legislation in US |

| |History. Thinking of the State Literacy tests & Jim Crow laws, support, modify, or refute this statement. What barriers to voting do|

| |American citizens still face today? |

| | |

| |ITEMS TO BE SUBMITTED TODAY: |

| |Space Race Reflection OR Great Society Reflection |

| |“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” Document with Annotations |

| |“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” Reflection |

| |Civil Rights Acts Reflection (Online class option) (Quiz Score) |

| |To Learn More: |

| |Article: Voting Rights Act: Beyond the Headlines |

| |Video: President Obama Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, 2015 |

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