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YourgroupwillcreateapagesizedpanelfortheCivilRightsTimelinethatwillgoonthe
wall.Youwillpresenttheinformationfromthispanel.Youwillbegivenoneofthefollowing
events:JamesMeredithenrolledatOleMiss,theassassinationofMedgarEvers,Freedom
Summer,thePhiladelphiamurders,CivilRightsActof1964,VotingRightsActof1965,orthe
finaldesegregationofpublicschoolsinMississippi.ThiswillbedueMonday,April20.
Youmustincludethefollowinginformationonyourpanel:
Avisualrepresentationoftheevent
______/5pts.
Thiscanbeadrawing,picture,politicalcartoon,etc.Itjustneedstobesomethingthat
helpsyouandwillhelptherestoftheclassrememberwhattheeventwasandwhyit
wasimportant.
Who
______/5pts.
Whoplayedakeyroleinthisevent?Whoweretheadvocatesforcivilrights?Whowerethe
opposersofcivilrights?Forlegislation,whosigneditandcreatedit?
What
_____/5pts.
Whatactuallyhappened?Forpiecesoflegislation,whatdoesitsay?Forthemurders,include
themurderitselfandthelegalproceedings.
When
_____/5pts.
Whendidthishappen?Wasitonedayoroveralongperiodoftime?Forthemurders,include
thedayofthemurderandthedatesofthelegalproceedings.
Where
_____/5pts.
DidithappeninMississippi?Wasitnational?IfithappenedinMississippi,wherein
Mississippi?
Why
_____/5pts.
WhyisthiseventimportanttotheCivilRightsMovement?Whatdidithelptoaccomplish?Did
itleadtosomethingelseorhappenasaresultofsomethingearlierintheCivilRights
Movement?
Citations
_____/5pts.
Ifyourinformationcamefromsomewhereotherthanthetextbook,youmustciteitusingMLA
citations.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
isahelpfulwebsiteforfinding
MLAguidelines.Thesecitationscanbewrittenonthebackofyourpanel.
Total
_____/35pts.