"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything."
- Malcom X

TODAY'S PLAN​

• Today in History (April 28th)
  • In 1788 Maryland became the 7th US State.
  • In 1945 Benito Mussolini was executed.
  • In 1967 boxing champ Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the Army.
  • In 1992 the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture unveiled its first "food pyramid"
• Today in History (April 29th)
  • In 1429 Joan of Arc entered the city of Orléans. She ended it's months-long siege and would be known as the "Maid of Orléans.
  • In 1945 American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp.
  • In 1992 a Los Angeles jury acquitted four police officers of beating Rodney King. Rioting and looting ensued.
  • In 1997 the first joint US-Russian space walk was made by Jerry Linegar and Vasily Tsiblyev from space station Mir. 
• Civil Rights 101
  • Know the basics to the Civil Rights Movements here in the US during the 1950's - 1960's. 
    • Answer the following questions in your notebooks:
      1. What do you think about when you hear the words "civil rights"? Give specific examples of these rights.
      2. Can you identify rights denied to individuals or groups? Why do you think society denies some people those rights?
      3. Why are civil rights important in a democratic society?
• Watch Crash Course - The Civil Rights Movement
• Take the Daily Quiz

TODAY'S OBJECTIVES

• Be able to chart the Cause and Effect of the following events that took place during the Civil Rights movement:
  1. Rosa Parks (850 - 851)
  2. Brown vs. Board of Education (852)
  3. Montgomery Bus Boycott (854 - 855)
  4. Crisis at Little Rock (856 - 857)
  5. Sit-ins (858 - 860)
  6. Freedom Rides (860 - 861)
  7. Violence in Birmingham (863)
  8. The Civil Rights Act of 1964/March on Washington (864)
  9. The Bill Becomes Law (864 - 865)
  10. Black Power/Malcolm X (872 - 874)
  11. King is Assassinated (875)
• Be able to summarize the Civil Rights movement and it's impact today in the lives of Americans.