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Ms. Pavich’s
Civil Rights Web Quest
Introduction:
The authors of the autobiographical selections we will be reading have been
greatly influenced by their turbulent history and roots. They lived and
wrote during times of both segregation and great change. The following
historical information will help you better understand the lives and writings
of these authors.
Task:
In this assignment, you will click on each of the following websites. You will
use the respective websites to complete each of the assignments, which
follow.
Process:
1. Click on the web site.
2. Search the website to find the answers to the questions or complete
the assignments listed under each web site. Answer all questions using
complete sentences!!!!
3. Open a Microsoft word document.
4. Name the document: first initial last name civil rights web quest
5. Save the document to your student server.
6. Answer the assigned questions in complete sentences and numbered
accordingly on the Microsoft word document.
7. When the assignment is complete, email the word document to
[email protected]
Resources:
1. Use the following web site to respond to the following questions:
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/history.htm
a. What are Jim Crow Laws?
b. When did they come into effect?
c.
d.
e.
f.
What are miscegenation laws?
How did sharecropping prevent black resistance to segregation?
What does disenfranchised mean?
How were black males disenfranchised?
2. Go to the following site. Click on the topics and the map. Answer the
following questions:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/themap/map.html
a. List 5 Jim Crow Laws (including the states where you found them)
b. Give 3 statistics about population and immigration
(state/year/black/white)
c. Give details of 3 riots that occurred.
3. Go to the following web site and answer the following questions:
http://www.sitins.com/timeline.shtml
a. Describe sit-ins.
b. Who were the key players?
4. http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/freedom_rides.htm
a.
b.
c.
d.
What are freedom rides?
Why did they occur?
What happened to the participants?
Were they ultimately successful?
5. http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/
a. What happened during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
b. Who is credited with starting the movement to desegregate buses?
6. www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
Fill in the Timeline:
19541955-
196019611963April 16August 281964July 2- President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the
_____________________________________. What is it?
7. www.unitedstreaming.com
Username: studentattech
Password: techkid
a. Search – civil rights
b. View 15 – 20 minutes of a video.
c. Write a 2 paragraph summary of your video.
~What are the main points?
~Who was discussed?
~What are your feelings or opinions about the information
presented?