4.03 A Time to Act

4.03 A Time to Act

Chapter 41, pages 186–189; Chapter 42, pages 190–193

Today's Topic

The civil rights movement was gaining momentum in the South. Media coverage of police brutality was winning support for the demonstrators' goals. A rally in Washington, D.C., might convince Congress to pass a civil rights bill—but how many people would come? A few hundred? A few thousand? How many people would care enough to make the trip?

Objectives/Goals

• Analyze portions of Martin Luther King's speech

• Summarize the goals of the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

• Explain that there were differences in the methods and approaches to the civil rights movement of different organizations.

• Explain how the television coverage of events in the South helped the civil rights movement

Vocabulary

• CORE : Congress for Racial Equality

• NAACP : the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization of blacks and whites formed to fight racial injustice

• SCLC : Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• Sit-in : tactic used by protesters who sat down in segregated establishments and refused to leave

• SNCC : Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Student Guide

• Use your student guide to help guide you through the lesson

• This guide shows students what is important to take away from the lesson

• It will provide content information and questions

• You can access your guide by reviewing lesson 4.03 A Time to Act in the OMS

• It does include an answer key!

Check out the activity on MLK, Jr. in your Student Guide

Open Ended

Knowing the events that have occurred during the Civil Rights Movements, which strategy do you believe has and will achieve the best results, nonviolence or law and order(using laws to make changes)?

Don't Forget to complete Lesson 4.03 Time to Act Quiz!