Treatment of African Americans

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Treatment of African Americans

• By
• Terra Troglia
• Rachel Stuart

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IL Learning Standards

• 1.C.2a Use information to form and refine
  questions and predictions.
• 1.C.2b Make and support inferences and form
  interpretations about main themes and topics.
• 2.B.2c Relate literary works and their
  characters, settings and plots to current and
  historical events, people and perspectives.
• 5.A.2b Organize and integrate information from a
  variety of sources (e.g., books, interviews,
  library reference materials, web- sites, CD/ROMs).

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IL Learning Standards

• 16.A.2c Ask questions and seek answers by
  collecting and analyzing data from historic
  documents, images and other literary and
  non-literary sources
• 16.B.2d (US) Identify major political events and
  leaders within the United States historical eras
  since the adoption of the Constitution, including
  the westward expansion, Louisiana Purchase, Civil
  War, and 20th century wars as well as the roles
  of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow
  Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt
• 16.D.2c (US) Describe the influence of key
  individuals and groups, including Susan B.
  Anthony/suffrage and Martin Luther King,
  Jr./civil rights, in the historical eras of
  Illinois and the United States.
• 17.A.2b Use maps and other geographic
  representations and instruments to gather
  information about people, places and environments.

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Resources

• http//www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html
• http//www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline
  1.html
• http//www.civilrightsmuseum.org/
• http//www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/
• http//www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihavea
  dream.htm
• http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/

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INTRODUCTION

• Are all men created equal?
• If so, why are all men not treated equally?
• Was Martin Luther King onto something?

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Task

• You are going to be working in a group of
  three. Your job will be to research the
  treatment of African Americans throughout
  history. There will be an emphasis on the Civil
  Rights Movement.

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Task continued

• If you were in Rosa Parks shoes what would you
  have done?
• What are your dreams?
• How would you have felt during this time period
  if you were African American?
• How did the treatment of African Americans effect
  athletes such as Jackie Robinson?
• How were African Americans treated differently
  from whites?
• Why were African Americans mistreated?

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Process

• http//www.civilrightsmuseum.org/gallery/gallery8.
  asp
• When did the Montgomery bus boycott take place?
• What was the Montgomery bus boycott?
• What happened as a result of the boycott?

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Process Continued

• http//www.grandtimes.com/rosa/
• Why is Rosa Parks remembered?
• Why did Rosa do what she did?
• Years later, was Rosa satisfied with the
  treatment of African Americans?

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Process Continued

• http//www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/
• What the significance of the Underground
  Railroad?
• Pick a state on the map and tell why that
  location was important to the Civil Rights
  Movement.

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Process Continued

• http//www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrighttimeline1
  .html
• What is one major event that happened in 1955?
• What Supreme Court ruling affected segregation in
  schools?
• How was Martin Luther King treated in jail?

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Process Continued

• http//www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robins
  on
• Who did Jackie Robinson play for?
• When did Jackie Robinson join the major leagues?
• Where did he play before the major league?
• Who was Jackies manager?
• What else contributed to segregation in baseball?

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Process Continued

• http//www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihavea
  dream.htm
• Why did Martin Luther King give his I Have a
  Dream Speech?
• List three of Martin Luther Kings key points in
  his speech.

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Conclusion

• Congratulations scholars! What strides you have
  made in understanding the treatment of African
  Americans throughout history!
• Additional activities that could be completed
  are
• 1. Perform a skit recreating the Rosa Parks bus
  experience.

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Conclusion continued

• 2. Read the story Teammates about Jackie
  Robinson and write about what would have happened
  if he wasnt allowed to play.
• 3. Watch the movie Remember the Titans and write
  a paper explaining how the players finally came
  together.
• 4. Watch the movie Selma Lord Selma and
  participate in a march protesting for equal
  rights.
• 5. Look for old newspaper articles for present
  day examples of unequal treatment of a minority.

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Evaluation

• Write a newspaper article describing one major
  event that took place during the Civil Rights
  movement.
• Choose a significant figure and make a poster
  showing why that person deserves to be inducted
  into the Civil Rights Hall of Fame.
• Write a letter to the President of the U.S.
  asking for the changing of laws regarding the
  treatment of African Americans.

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Evaluation Continued

• Write a poem about how you would feel if you were
  an African American living during this time
  period.
• Create a timeline showing major events that took
  place during the Civil Rights movement.

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Credits and References

• Additional Websites
• http//www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/
• http//www.voicesofcivilrights.org/
• http//nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates
  /1964/king-bio.html
• http//www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/crt/crtmenu.htm

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Additional Credits and Resources

• Books
• If a Bus Could Talk By Faith Ringgold
• My Brother Martin By Christine King Farris
• It Took Courage By Lily Tuttle
• Dear Mrs. Parks By Rosa Parks Gregory Reed
• Movies
• Remember the Titans
• Selma Lord Selma
• Ruby Bridges