Civil Rights Act Warm Up What are Civil

Civil Rights Act Warm Up: What are Civil Rights? Who should have them? DOK: 2; S. 3; Learning Target: I can justify whether JFK was a supporter of Civil Rights or not.

Introduction: �http: //player. discoveryeducation. com/index. cfm? guid Asset. Id=014 ED 17 A-20 B 2 -4 B 81 -9 EC 948 F 709292 D 38&bln. From. Search=1&productcode=US �answer these two questions as you watch: �What was the Civil Rights Act? �Do you believe that JFK was a strong supporter of civil rights? Why or why not? �DOK: 2; S. 3; Learning Target: I can justify whether JFK was a supporter of Civil Rights or not.

JFK speech �Sourcing Questions: BEFORE reading document �Who wrote this? When? Who is he addressing? �Is this televised? Who’s watching? What are they thinking? �What do we know about him? What have we learned so far? �Do we think this will be a trustworthy source? Why or why not? �Contextualization Questions: BEFORE and WHILE reading document �What is JFK trying to do in this speech? �Why is Civil Rights a controversial issue? �DOK: 2; S. 3; Learning Target: I can justify whether JFK was a supporter of Civil Rights or not.

Context �What is the Civil Rights Act? �What was going on at this time? �What was happening in the Civil Rights Movement by 1963? �DOK: 2; S. 3; Learning Target: I can justify whether JFK was a supporter of Civil Rights or not.

Close Reading: WHILE reading the document Does it sound like he is addressing Congress or all Americans? Does it sound like he’s addressing only white people or ALL Americans? Why does he keep saying “It is a moral issue”? What does he want Congress to do? Do you think this was an effective speech? How do you think people felt listening to this? DOK: 2; S. 3; Learning Target: I can justify whether JFK was a supporter of Civil Rights or not.

Exit �Based on these documents, was JFK a strong supporter of civil rights? Why or why not? Use evidence to support your answer. �DOK: 2; S. 3; Learning Target: I can justify whether JFK was a supporter of Civil Rights or not.

�Complete in pairs John Lewis speech and guiding questions. �**Why did John Lewis have to change his speech? �** According to both documents, was JFK a strong supporter of civil rights? �** What additional evidence would you need to make a case one way or the other?

�United Streaming Video Segment: Civil Rights: President Signs Historic Bill (from Video Yearbook Collection: 1964): http: //player. discoveryeducation. com/index. cfm? guid Assetld=D 5 ABECD 0 -8113 -4853 -BC 87 F 84801128 A 45&bln. From. Search=1&productcode=US

�After JFK was assassinated, the passage of the Civil Rights Act fell to LBJ. �Southern Democrats almost completely opposed the bill. Many have argued that this was the big moment when Southern Democrats became Republicans.