Unit 12: The Sixties

Unit Understanding Goals

Sixties Vocabulary Flash Cards 

Lesson #1: The Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement

UG: What role did the federal government play in bringing about school desegregation?

Vocabulary: Brown v. Board of Education, The Little Rock Crisis

Materials:

• Civil Rights Timeline
• Handout: The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
• Video Clip: "The Montgomery Bus Boycott" excerpt from Eyes on the Prize (1:53)
• Little Rock Crisis Photographs
• Video Clip: "School Desegregation" excerpt from Eyes on the Prize (3:28)

Homework: Rd. Text pp. 921-923, 925-927and place the following events on the Civil Rights timeline.  Include a short summary describing the following events: The Montgomery Bus Boycott, the SNCC Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, The Freedom Rides.

Lesson #2: Non-violent Resistance and Civil Disobedience

Vocabulary: civil disobedience, The Birmingham Protests

UG: How effective were civil disobedience and non-violent resistance in fighting racial discrimination?

Materials:

•   Lyrics: Mahalia Jackson, "We Shall Overcome"
• MLK "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
• Birmingham Discussion Questions
• Birmingham Video Clip (1:44)

Homework: Rd. text pp.930-932, 936-938 and add the following summaries to your Civil Rights Timeline: March on Washington, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Miss. Freedom Summer, March on Selma, Voting Rights Act of 1965, 24^th Amendment

Lesson #3: Competings  Dream

UG: How were the philosophies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X both similar and different?

Vocabulary: Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X

Materials:

•   Lyrics: Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around
• Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" Speech (Excerpts)
• MLK "I Have a Dream" Speech (Audio Excerpts)
• Malcolm X on the Nation of Islam
• Video Clip: The March on Washington

Homework: Rd. text pp.938, 940-941, 943-944 and add the following summaries to your Civil Rights Timeline: Race Riots, Rise of Malcolm X, Calls for Black Power, Establishment of the Black Panther Party, Assassination of MLK, Affirmative Action.

Lesson #4: The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement

UG: How successful was the Civil Rights Movement?

Vocabulary: affirmitive action, USC v. Bakke

Materials:

• Civil Rights Legislation
• Trouble Every Day (Audio)
• Lyrics: Trouble Every Day 
• Video Clip: The Destroit Race Riots (4:44)
• The Black Panther Party Platform
• Case Brief: The University of Southern California v. Bakke

• Video Clip: The University of Southern California v. Bakke (1:57)
• Obama, "A More Perfect Union," Speech on March 18, 2008
• "Obama is Nudging Views on Race, Survey Finds," The New York Times, April 28, 2009

Homework: Rd. text pp. text pp.1022-1026 (Women's Rights Movement) and complete the corresponding guided reading.

Lesson #5: Feminism

UG: How successful were women in gaining additional rights in the 1960s & 1970s?

Vocabulary: The Feminine Mystique, National Organization for Women (NOW), Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Title IX

Materials:

• Feminism Documents
• Video Clip: The Women's Movement
• The Equal Rights Amendment

Homework: None. 

Lesson #6: Origins of the War in Vietnam

UG: Why did the United States become involved in the war in Vietnam?

Vocabulary: domino theory, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, quagmire

Materials:

• Vietnam Diary Project
• Vietnam Timeline
• Video: Origins of the Vietnam War
• Map of Southeast Asia
• Domino Theory Document
• Photograph: Buddhist Monk Protesting the Diem Regime
• Gulf of Tonkin Podcast
• Gulf of Tonkin Questions
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• Images & Maps of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Homework: Rd. text pp.985-991 (U.S. Involvement Grows); Complete Vietnam Diary  Entry #1 using specific supporting info. from the reading and from class.

Lesson #7: The Fighting in Vietnam

UG: What were fighting conditions like for American soldiers in Vietnam?

Materials:

• Vietnam War Graphic Organizer
• Photos: Fighting the Vietnam War
• Photos: The War's Impact on Civilians
• Video Clip: Johnson Escalates the War
• The My Lai Massacre Reading and Questions
• My Lai Photograph #1 , Photograph #2 , Photograph #3

Homework: Rd. text pp.992-999 (War Divides America); Complete Vietnam Diary Entry #2 using specific supporting info. from the reading and from class.

Lesson #8: Hawks and Doves

UG: How did public opinion change throughout the war in Vietnam?

Vocabulary: hawk, dove, My Lai Massacre

Materials:

• Sargeant Barry Sadler, "Ballad of the Green Berets" (Audio)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Fortunate Son" (Audio)
• Lyrics to Vietnam Songs
• Nixon's Silent Majority Speech (Text) 
• Nixon's Silent Majority Speech (Audio)
• The Hard Hat Protests
• Public Opinion Poll Data on Vietnam
• Kent State Massacre Handout
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, "Ohio" (Audio) 

Homework: Rd. text pp.1000-1007 (The War's End and Impact); Complete Vietnam Diary Entry #3 using specific supporting info. from the reading and from class.

Lesson #9: Lessons of Vietnam

UG: What lessons should the U.S. learn from the war in Vietnam?

Vocabulary: New York Times v. United States, Kent State Incident, War Powers Act

Materials:

• Video Clip: Peace with Honor
• New York Times v. The United States
• Handout: Lessons of Vietnam

Homework: None.

Lesson #10: Social Movements of the 1960s 

UG: What social movements emerged during the 1960s and early 1970s?

 Materials:

• Web Quest: Social Movements of the 1960s
• Graphic Organizer: Social Movements of the 1960s

Homework:

Lesson #11: Politics of the 1960s

UG: What did Johnson's Great Society do?

Materials:

•  Lyrics: "Eve of Destruction" (1965) 
• Discussion Guide: Politics of the 1960s
• Video Clip: The Nixon-Kennedy Debates
• Map: Election of 1960
• Kennedy's Inaugural Address
• 1964 LBJ Campaign Ad
• Map: Election of 1964
• The Great Society
• The "Johnson" Treatment
• Video Clip: The 1968 Presidential Election
• Map: 1968 Presidential Election

Homework: Complete the Sixties Study Guide

Lesson #12: Review

UG: To review Unit 12 skills and content.

• Practice Regents Questions on Civil Rights
• Practice Regents Questions on 1960s (Ignore Skip Johnson's "Great Society" questions)
• Quick Overview of the Vietnam War

Homework: Complete Sixties Study Guide  and Study for Unit test on Civil Rights & Vietnam

Lesson #13: Unit 12 Exam

UG: To assess student mastery of Unit 12 understanding goals.

Materials: None.

Homework: To be announced.