Tuesday, May 10

I'm sorry to report that the episode of Eyes on the Prize that we finished watching in class today ("No Easy Walk") is not available on YouTube! If absent, or foggy on any facts, please check out the info pod provided for you by PBS (and get notes from a reliable classmate). Thanks!

• Project "C" in Birminham (1963)
• The March on Washington (August 1963)

Homework:

Reading, "Mississippi: Is This America (1962-1964)"

Monday, May 9

Today in class we discussed the reading that was homework and brainstormed on the following questions:

• Why did the Albany Movement fail?


• Why was Birmingham chosen as the next location of the movement?

I'm sorry to report that the episode started (and finished in B period) in class today, is not available on YouTube! If absent, or foggy on any facts, please check out the info pod provided for you by PBS (and get notes from a reliable classmate). Thanks!

• Project "C" in Birminham (1963)


• The March on Washington (August 1963)

B Period Homework:

Reading, "Mississippi: Is This America (1962-1964)"

Friday, May 6

Today in class we finished the episode of Eyes on the Prize, "Ain't Scared of Your Jails." If you were absent, you can finish watching (and take notes on) this episode on YouTube. I'm providing a link to the beginning of the episode, but you should probably skip to section 2 or 3 and finish watching from there.

YouTube: Eyes on the Prize, "Ain't Scared of Your Jails"

• More Info: The Non-Violent Protests of 1960
• More Info: The Freedom Rides, 1961

HOMEWORK:

Reading, "No Easy Walk"

Thursday, May 5

It was a day of mass absences, so I hope a lot of people are checking the blog!

In G Period, we finished the episode of Eyes on the Prize, "Ain't Scared of Your Jails." If you were absent, you can finish watching (and take notes on) this episode on YouTube. I'm providing a link to the beginning of the episode, but you should probably skip to section 2 or 3 and finish watching from there. We had an in-class reading which describes the next stage of the movement. Please read if you were absent from G period today:
In-Class Reading, "No Easy Walk"

In B, C and E Periods we watched approximately the first half of the episode, which covered up through the Nashville sit-ins.

Links from Today:

• YouTube: Eyes on the Prize, "Ain't Scared of Your Jails"
  



• More Info: The Non-Violent Protests of 1960
  



• More Info: The Freedom Rides, 1961

Wednesday, May 4

Today in class we finished going over the "Ain't Scared of Your Jails" documents.

We moved on to start watching the Eyes on the Prize episode of the same title. In G Period we got through about 25 minutes, but in B & C Periods are just about 5 minutes in. If you were absent, you can watch what you missed on YouTube and take notes:

• Eyes on the Prize Episode 3, "Ain't Scared of Your Jails"

In G Period we also stopped to brainstorm on the questions:

• Why did Nashville become a center of the sit-in protests?


• Why factors contributed to the Nashville sit-ins becoming a success for the CRM?

Monday, May 2

Kids, I have great news! It turns out that Eyes on the Prize is now on YouTube, so if you are/were absent, you can catch up by not only getting a classmates notes, but also going back and watching the portions you missed. Yippee! There is also a very handy guide to the key events discussed that I will provide the link for below on the PBS website that will help you to catch up, or go back and clarify.

• Eyes on the Prize: The Story of the Movement (thus far we have covered events 1-3!)
• YouTube: Eyes on the Prize, Episode 1: Awakenings (we watched the section on the Murder of Emmett Till, but not the portions on the Montgomery Bus Boycott)
• YouTube: Eyes on the Prize, Episode 2: Fighting Back (we watched this whole episode on the topic of school desegregation)

Today in Class: We began discussing the next stage of the CRM, and you all got a reading titled, "Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)." While everyone had the same first page, there were 5 different documents handed out that were everyone's second page of the packet. You got into groups to discuss and take notes on the following for each source:

• Origin
• Purpose
• Message (summing up and choosing key excerpts from the source to share)

Tomorrow, your group will be expected to report to the class on your document! If you finished in class you do not have homework, but if you did not finish, do so for homework.

Friday, April 29

Today in class we finished (or almost finished!) the episode of Eyes on the Prize on school desegregation, and breaked to discuss "What did you see/hear? What did you feel/think?" If you were absent, please get notes from a classmate, or do some independent research and make sure you information covering:

• The Autherine Lucy Case (1956)


• Little Rock Central High School (September 1957-May 1959)


• James Meredith Desegregates "Ole Miss" (1962)