US HISTORYUnit 8 Week 6

Agenda Monday 3/31• Hand unit 8 note checklist• In-class essay prompts• test review game

• Reminders

• Unit 8 test tomorrow 4/1• In-class essay (45 min; open notes) block day 4/2~4/3

• Add outside information to your notes

• Packets due on block day 4/2 & 4/3

Vocabulary to Add

• Diversity• Minorities• Feminism

Review time!

• Write 2 tactics used to disenfranchise (=exclude, disqualify) Black voters during the Reconstruction era.

• Grandfather clause• Poll tax• Literacy tests

• Tuskegee airmen’s achievements led to Truman desegregating the _ army_____ in 1948.

Government took longest to stop segregation here:

1. Jobs

2. Housing

3. PUBLIC Schools

*think about which one is most difficult to desegregate. Which one has the most de facto segregation?

• Freedom Summer (=Mississippi Summer Project) was the event that most dramatically increased __black voting______.

• Freedom Rides?

• Which law was so close to being passed, but failed (not enough state ratification)?

1. Don’t ask don’t tell

2. Equal rights amendment (women)

3. Miscegenation (inter-racial) law

• What was the supreme court case that said anti-miscegenation laws are unconstitutional? (= it allowed interracial marriage)

1. Loving v Virginia

2. Korematsu v US

3. Roe v Wade

• What was the event in which gays fought back police brutality for the first time?

• Stonewall riots

• (forced) Busing happened most in what time period?

• 1.1950s• 2. 1960s• 3. 1970s• 4. 1980s

• This individual was the founder of the Filipino Farm Labor Union in California.

1. Roland Gabriel

2. Larry Itliong

3. Emmanuel Pacquiao

4. Eddie Flores Jr.

#12. Elements of a Civil Rights Movement

Directions: Label if a civil rights group (e.g. women, African Americans, etc.) used the actions below. Include how it was used. (textbook p.577-619).

College Student involvement

Raising awareness

Group pride

Grassroots (citizen) actions

Government actions taken for the group

e.g., African American. Montgomery Bus Boycott was started by an individual and picked up by citizens and groups

e.g., African Am. Brown v. Board of Education ruled school segregation unconstitutional.

Tuesday 4/1• Agenda

• Unit 8 test

• Reminders• Packets (include cornell note sheet and group evaluation form) due

on block day• In- class essay

Block Day 4/2-4/3• Agenda

• Collect packets• In-class essay

In Class Essay• Write in Pen• Choose one of the prompts from the handout to write your

essay on.• 45 Minutes • Good Luck • When you finish your essay, turn in the following items in

order1. Rubric (on top)

2. In class essay (bottom)

Group Work Activity• Form Groups of 4• Work together (divide and conquer) to complete the

following graphic organizers.• #1 Was Kennedy a Good President?

• Use chapter 48• Cite specific examples• Craft 2 thesis statements, one declaring that he was a good president

and one declaring that he was a bad president.

• #2 What is the proper role of government in shaping American Society?• Use Chapter 49• You may write on a separate sheet of paper (if necessary)

Graphic Organizer #1: Was Kennedy a Good President?

Yes! He was a good president

No! He was not a good president

Domestic Policy (48.2):~3-5 Specific examples with explanations for each

Foreign Policy (48.3):~3-5 Specific examples with explanations for each

Thesis statement (1 for each side

Graphic Organizer #2: What is the proper role of government in shaping American Society? (Chapter 49)

Johnson’s Liberal View of

Government:

____________

_____________

____________

Approach to Healthcare:

____________

_____________

____________Approach to

Racism: ____________

_____________

____________

Approach to Education:

____________

_____________

____________Approach to Immigrants:

____________

_____________

____________

Approach to The

Environment: ____________

_____________

____________

Approach to Consumers:

____________

_____________

____________

*Add an additional bubble with information regarding specific criticisms or problems with each of Johnson’s approaches.

Agenda Friday

SENIOR CITIZENS/ELDERLY

Turn to someone

1. At what age are you considered “old”?

2. What percent of the population (U.S.) is retirement age or older?

3. In the US, do we treat well/value our senior citizens? why/why not?

4. Why would the elderly be more vulnerable to civil rights abuses (e.g., discrimination, unequal employment, physical abuse)?

Turn to someone

1. At what age are you considered “old”? Depends, but 60 & over

2. What percent of the population (U.S.) is retirement age or older? 13.7% (approx 40 million)

3. In the US, do we treat well/value our senior citizens? Both yes and no. golden retirement. Discounts. Nursing homes. Ridicules.

4. Why would the elderly be more vulnerable to civil rights abuses? Their propensity for sickness, disability, unemployment and poverty makes them more vulnerable .

'Society thinks older people are useless'

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzLsNiAt00

Aging population• By 2050, 65+ population in US will be 20%

Elder Abuse• Many victims are older, frail, and depend on others to meet basic needs.

• only 1 in 14 domestic elder abuse incidents comes to the attention of authorities.

neglect

• When a caregiver does not provide safety, or physical/ psychological needs.

• Increased depression• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h

-lsyKBzuZo

Did you know?• http://

www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-23124345

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4-QCGKQDK8

• Grown children in China must visit their parents or potentially face fines or jail.

Nursing home abuse• Employees and temporary staff who have direct contact

with residents are the most frequent perpetrators. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTqb3jcZAhk

Two legislations• The Older Americans Act and the Age Discrimination

in Employment Act are two civil rights legislations intended to protect the elderly population.

Older Americans Act (1965)

• The first federal level initiative aimed at providing comprehensive services (e.g., long-term care, recreation, adequate income in retirement) for elders.

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

• This law forbids:• employment discrimination against anyone 40+• the denial of benefits based on age• mandatory retirement• statements of age preferences in job notices or advertisements. • Forcing employees out of work once they become eligible for

government retirement benefits

• Forcing employees out of work once they become eligible for government retirement benefits

• Can you prove that the employer is firing you due to (age) discrimination?

Case of Walter Biggins

• Walter Biggins, a 62-year-old, was fired from his job as a chemist just a few weeks before he would have qualified for a pension.

• Mr. Biggins claimed that he was fired so the company would not have to pay his retirement.

• The Supreme Court decided that firing an employee due to pension benefits does not violate the ADEA*

*violates Employee Retirement Income Security Act

What’s it like to be old? Activity• Choose a partner (groups of 2)• One of you will experiment with sight and the other with

sound (pick who will do what).

Old age simulation - sight

• Partner 1: read the lines. • Partner 2: measure how many seconds it takes for partner 1 to read the lines.

Old age simulation - hearing

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltun92DfnPY• (use first 20 seconds)

• Partner 2 will listen then recite what the video says• Partner 1 measures time and sees if partner 2 is correct

Group Work Activity• Form Groups of 4• Work together (divide and conquer) to complete the

following graphic organizers.• #1 Was Kennedy a Good President?

• Use chapter 48• Cite specific examples• Craft 2 thesis statements, one declaring that he was a good president

and one declaring that he was a bad president.

• #2 What is the proper role of government in shaping American Society?• Use Chapter 49• You may write on a separate sheet of paper (if necessary)

Graphic Organizer #1: Was Kennedy a Good President?

Yes! He was a good president

No! He was not a good president

Domestic Policy (48.2):~3-5 Specific examples with explanations for each

Foreign Policy (48.3):~3-5 Specific examples with explanations for each

Thesis statement (1 for each side

Graphic Organizer #2: What is the proper role of government in shaping American Society? (Chapter 49)

Johnson’s Liberal View of Government:

_____________________________________

Approach to Healthcare:

_____________________________________

Approach to Racism:

_____________________________________

Approach to Education:

_____________________________________

Approach to Immigrants:

_____________________________________

Approach to The Environment:

_____________________________________

Approach to Consumers:

_____________________________________

*Add an additional bubble with information regarding specific criticisms or problems with each of Johnson’s approaches.