29 Aug Essential Questions:How can we ensure equality for all?What

Essential Questions:How can we ensure equality for all?What were the causes, main events, and effects of the civil rights movement?How did the policies of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson affect the nation?Section 1: The Civil Rights Movement StrengthensDescribe efforts to end segregation in the 1940s and 1950s.Explain the importance of the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education.Describe the controversy over school desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas.Discus the Montgomery bus boycott and its impact.Section 2: The Movement Surges ForwardDescribe the sit-ins, freedom ride, and the actions of James Meredith in the early 1960s.Explain how the protests at Birmingham and the March on Washington were linked to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.Describe how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 addressed minority rights in the United States.Section 3: Success and SetbacksExplain the significance of Freedom Summer, the march on Selma, and why violence erupted in some American cities in the 1960s.Compare and contrast the goals and approaches taken by African American leaders to expand political rights and economic opportunities.Describe the social and economic situation of African Americans by 1975.Section 4: Kennedy’s ReformsDiscuss the election of 1960.Evaluate Kennedy’s domestic policies.Assess the impact of Kennedy’s assassination.Section 5: Reform under JohnsonEvaluate Johnson’s policies up to his victory in the 1964 election.Analyze Johnson’s goals and actions as seen in his Great Society programs.Assess the achievements of the Great Society in creating economic opportunities for citizens.Analyze the effects of US Supreme Court decisions.