Note: Below we have listed a number of possible answers based on the reading. We have provided a sample answer for significance as well as direct quotes from the text. Teachers could also use excerpts from their own textbooks rather than the provided text. Directions: Read the first paragraph from the text and underline evidence that shows how Becoming America student activists shaped the freedom movement. Use the provided chart to organize your notes. Focus Question: How did the actions of student activists build momentum within the black freedom struggle? Excerpt: These impassioned youths pushed the freedom movement toward a bolder, more confrontational strategy by physically integrating lunch counters, bus terminals, and other public spaces around the South. Segregationists met their efforts with an epidemic of violence, which in turn, publicized African Americans’ plight. Tens of thousands of white Northerners joined the freedom movement, and President Kennedy finally called for new civil rights legislation to stop the violence. David Henkin and Rebecca McLennan, (2014), pg 794. Becoming America: A History for the 21st Century Historical Actors Actions Consequences pushed the freedom movement These impassioned youths toward a bolder, more confrontational strategy by physically integrating lunch counters, bus terminals, and other public spaces around the South. met their efforts Segregationists with an epidemic of violence, which in turn, publicized African Americans’ plight. joined the freedom movement Tens of thousands of white Northerners finally called President Kennedy for new civil rights legislation to stop the violence Read the full text from and underline evidence of how students were involved. Becoming America Select the five student-led events that you think are most important and complete the chart below. Based on your answers to both charts, respond to the focus question.
Note: Below we have listed a number of possible answers based on the reading. We have provided a sample answer for significance as well as direct quotes from the text. Teachers could also use excerpts from their own textbooks rather than the provided text. Directions: Read the first paragraph from the Becoming America text and underline evidence that shows how student activists shaped the freedom movement. Use the provided chart to organize your notes. Focus Question: How did the actions of student activists build momentum within the black freedom struggle? Excerpt: These impassioned youths pushed the freedom movement toward a bolder, more confrontational strategy by physically integrating lunch counters, bus terminals, and other public spaces around the South. Segregationists met their efforts with an epidemic of violence, which in turn, publicized African Americans’ plight. Tens of thousands of white Northerners joined the freedom movement, and President Kennedy finally called for new civil rights legislation to stop the violence. David Henkin and Rebecca McLennan, Becoming America: A History for the 21st Century (2014), pg 794. Historical Actors Actions Consequences These impassioned youths pushed the freedom movement toward a bolder, more confrontational strategy by physically integrating lunch counters, bus terminals, and other public spaces around the South. Segregationists met their efforts with an epidemic of violence, which in turn, publicized African Americans’ plight. Tens of thousands of white Northerners joined the freedom movement President Kennedy finally called for new civil rights legislation to stop the violence Read the full text from Becoming America and underline evidence of how students were involved. Select the five student-led events that you think are most important and complete the chart below. Based on your answers to both charts, respond to the focus question.
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