Civil Rights Unit
Eyes on the Prize - Brown v. Board Brown Readings Eyes on the Prize - Emmett Till Till Reading Till Confession
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I will go over the Great Society programs as well as LBJ's Great Society speech. You will then have the remainder of the class period to read through the articles for Monday's Socratic Seminar that deal with looking back on The Great Society through a modern perspective, you will see arguments in favor of and against Great Society programs.
Here is the Socratic Readings Click here Read over the history of US relations with Latin America since the Spanish-American War. Then be able to explain why Latin America may have hostile views of the United States. Conclude with how the US behavior in Cuba and the actions of Fidel Castro in Cuba both combined to lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
In small groups you will create a poster to explain one of the seven stages of history from the Spanish-American War to the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The USA and Britain in Greece after WWII - The START of the Cold War.
click here Documentary excerpts on the actions of the CIA in Latin America Brief piece on the actions of the CIA in Iran. Click here |