April 13

IB 30/35

We continued watching the PBS series Eyes on the Prize today by watching Episode 4 "No Easy Walk". We didn't finish this episode because our class was shortened due to the home room session. Today's episode focused on the Albany Movement, Birmingham and the March on Washington. The culmination of the March on Washington was Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Please watch the speech below. You will have a quiz on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement on Thursday, April 19th. Next Friday, April 20th , you will be writing a Paper 3 on the Civil Rights Movement. Here are some possible questions from previous IB Exams:

• What were the successes of the civil rights movement from 1950-1964 and how were those successes obtained? 
• What were the successes and failures of the civil rights movement between 1954 and 1964? 
• Explain the development of the civil rights movement in the 1950’s. 
• To what degree had it achieved its objectives by the time of the March on Washington in 1963? 
• How were the philosophies and tactics of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X different and what caused those differences? 
• Why had the civil rights movement come to dominate national attention by 1964? 
• What impact did the Black Power Movement have on the Civil Rights Movement?
• Compare and contrast the strategies of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
• What factors contributed to the urban riots post 1964? 
• The civil rights movement had achieved most of its basic goals by 1965. To what degree do agree with that statement? 
• Overall would you characterize the civil rights movement as a unified or dis-unified movement?
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the NAACP’s strategy from 1950-1968. 

This weekend should be spent studying and preparing for your IB exams.

IB 20

We started an examination of the Haitian Revolution today. I delivered a short presentation on the Haitian Revolution that focused on the causes, short-term and long-term results of the revolution. I also gave you a reading package on the Haitian Revolution. You should read this booklet this weekend, take notes on it if you wish. Don't write in the booklet, it is part of a class set. You were assigned a group for Monday's debate on the Haitian Revolution. Be prepared!