Jena and Little Rock

They both are similar because in both towns people protests kids seperated at schools. In both stories both sets of supporters took on racial slurs and harsh punishment. They are both similar because they both got the presidents involved. It suprised me because the Jena incodent was recent. I thought our country could come together after seeing everything that has happend in yeasrs past. I thought our country wanted to have everyone treated equal.

Meritocracy

Meritocracy does exist in our society today. People are intellegent based on how they take on a situation using their skills and abilities rather than wealth. You could be the poorest person in you neighborhood, but if you try hard enough you can accomplish so much. The video relates to this because in it, the children who were concidered superior performed the tasks better then those concidered inferior. I think the lower class children view them selves as low class, so they don't want to try harder because they assume it's always going to be the same; trying harder won't help.

I Am Poem

I am proudly one of the Little Rock Nine
I wonder how it would feel to be a white student
I hear them talking about my skin color
I see the other eight trembling in fear along with me
I want tobe accepted
I am proudly one of the Little Rock Nine.

I rpetend that they say doesn't effect me
I feel the segragation between our races
I need support from my fellow race
I worry the school will never be safe
I cry only when I am in the protection of my own home
I am proudly one of the Little Rock Nine.

I understand the past
I believe it should change
I dream we will one day be harmonious
I try to ignore the hatred
I hope they will soon accept me
I am proudly one of the Little Rock Nine.

Concepts for Topic 11

MLK & Civil Disobedience: Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader throughout the Civil Rights Movement. He would organize events where people would not fight, they would just sit there and take it. Kindof like a dead weight. Some included the Montomery Bus Boycott.

Power of the "Mob": A mob is a large mass of people trying to over come a difference they don't agree with. They come together and form ideas to try and "take over" the topic.

Plessy v. Ferguson VS. Brown v. Board of Ed. : Plessy v. Ferguson is a law that states "seprate but equal". Brown v. Board overturned Plessy v. Ferguson becuase it was conicdered unequal and unconstitutional

Civil Rights Goals: Freedom rides> buses were often bombed, white college students joined for support, Malcolm X

Brown v Board: Color ignites the civil rights movement, Olive brown sued school board on behalf of his 8 year old because she shouldn't be going to a school only for African Americans

Chavez and the United Farm Workers: Cesar Chavez, became a cultural icon for Cicanos. Founded the (UFW) United Farm Workers. Anti-Immagration while at UFW.

FHA and ADA: Fair housing act- Part of 1964 CRA, Outlawed refusal to cell or rent a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, handicap, or national origin.

Filibusters: Used to stop the other side from speaking, pushing a legislation or to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Sit-Ins and other protests:
Lunch sit-ins where the african americans would sit in a place that served only white people and asked for a menu. As they were denied taunted the arrested, the next flow of supports sat down.

Eisenhower's Role in Little Rock: 101st Airborne to uphold the supreme court decision on integrated schools

Rights of the Accused: Gideon v Wainwright- 6th amendment, accused criminal has no right to a lawyer; Escobedo v Illinois- Criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogations; Miranda v Arizona- Criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with counsel to to interrogation.

Picture story

With the american dream in hand (a husband, wife, 3 children, a dog, and a beautifully furnished home) the children wake up to a beautiful white christmas morning. As the freshly fallen snow engulfs the roof top, the kids begin screaming for joy. Pushing through the beautiful drappery, their mother walks in to capture the moment. Their dog is even excited. The kids cannot wait to bundle up for the cold and go outside to play in the snow.

Topic 10 Concept Guide

McCarthy's impact on society - accused directors, producers, and writers of producing communist propaganda Communist witch hunt -Going after Hollywood 10 Space Race - Soviets VS. United States in a race to see which will go to space first - Sputnick Launch from S.U made US raise education funds for "smarter people" - 1969- US man walks on moon Cold War mindset - people were afraid of communism, so they did things to prevent it Relationships- Suburbs, automobiles, roads- roads were made from city to suburbs and was made fast by using automobiles BabyBoom - When men returned from the war and women were so exicted that the US won, men and women elloped and had children (1946-1960) Urban/Suburban 1. Top Business distrect 2. Innercity- Low income 3. Suburbs-Mid income 4. Suburbs- High income GI Bill -Bill the provided college or vocational education for returning WWII verterans

Topic 9 Concet Guide

Role of women in WWll - The women took on the manly job when they were off to war. When the men returned, they began to work again while the women worked at home. Cause and Effect of A-bomb - Cause = Japan attacking Pearl Harbor - Effect = Dropping of Atomic Bomb in japan killing millions Effects of war in Europe - Put the economy of europe into depression Effects of Pearl Harbor attack - Japanese people died from explosion and radiation in hirshima and nogasaki Japanese Internment - Japanese were slowly segragated to camps Neutrality act - 1. Stop selling weapons 2. US battleships could not be armed 3. Americans could not travel on ships of countries at war Purpose of propaganda posters - To spread the idea presented on the poster Rationing - Using and saving every day items for further use in the war. Results of WWII - United nations formed in 1945, Germany desires to be like US because of their use of the Atomic Bomb