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Describe the influence of key individuals and groups, including Susan B. Anthony/suffrage and Martin Luther King, Jr./civil rights, in
the historical eras of Illinois and the United States.
14.F.4b Describe how United States’ political ideas, practices and technologies have extended rights for Americans in the 20th century
(e.g., suffrage, civil rights, motor-voter registration).
“Every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of Black
History. These events shall include not only the contributions made by individual African-Americans in government and in the arts,
humanities and sciences to the economic, cultural and political development of the United States and Africa, but also the socio-economic
struggle which African-Americans experienced collectively in striving to achieve fair and equal treatment under the laws of this nation.
The studying of this material shall constitute an affirmation by students of their commitment to respect the dignity of all races and
peoples and to forever eschew every form of discrimination in their lives and careers.”
Enduring Understanding: The Civil Rights Movement was a movement of ordinary people who demanded
that America cash the check it wrote at the signing of the Declaration of Independence
Essential Question: How did the Civil Rights Movement Change the United States?
Writing/Essay Objectives:
Vocabulary:
Civil Rights - The Rights Guaranteed By A Government To Protect Persons Against Unjust Acts By Government or Individuals
Segregation - The System Of Forcing A Certain Group Of People To Live & Conduct Their Affairs Separately From The Majority Of
The People
Prejudice - Judging A Group Unfavorable, Even If They Do Not Know Very Much About Its Members
Stereotype - A False Mental Picture Of A Whole Group From Knowing Only One Or Two Of Its Members
Discrimination - Mistreating People Of Another Group Because They Regard Them As Inferior Or Undesirable.
Desegregation - Ending Of Segregation
Integration - The Blending Of All Races Or Groups