Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Table of Contents
Post 1. Bibliography
Post 2. What Are Civil Rights
Post 3. Timeline
Post 4. Organization Page
Post 5. Summary
Post 6. Words Page
Post 7. Fact vs. Opinion
Post 8. Information Page
Post 2. What Are Civil Rights
Post 3. Timeline
Post 4. Organization Page
Post 5. Summary
Post 6. Words Page
Post 7. Fact vs. Opinion
Post 8. Information Page
Bibliography
"The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963" By Christopher Paul Curtis
www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeling1.html
www.civilrightstimeline.com
www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeling1.html
www.civilrightstimeline.com
What Are Civil Rights?
Civil rights are the rights of individuals to be treated equally in education, housing, and employment. People were also judged on their gender, age, race, and religion. African Americans didn't have the same rights that white people had. They had to use different drinking facilities, restaurants, bathrooms, and they had to sit at the back of the bus behind a white line. They weren't treated the same as the white people were treated. They were the white people's slaves. The African American didn't get to vote for a long time too, but when they did they only got three votes for every five men that voted. At that time woman couldn't vote either so there wasn't a good chance they would get who they voted for. Civil rights are important. They made it so you could be treated equally no matter the color of your skin.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Time Line
August, 1955
A fourteen year old colored boy is kidnapped in Mississippi while visiting his family. He is beaten, shot, and dumped in a river for whistling at a white woman.
December 1, 1955
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the "Colored Section" of a bus to a white passenger.
A fourteen year old colored boy is kidnapped in Mississippi while visiting his family. He is beaten, shot, and dumped in a river for whistling at a white woman.
December 1, 1955
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the "Colored Section" of a bus to a white passenger.
Rosa Parks on the bus
January-February 1957
Martin Luther King, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth establish the Southern Christian Leadership conference.
May 4, 1961
Over the spring and summer, student volunteers begin taking bus trips to the south to test out new laws that prohibit segregation in interstate travel facilities.
October 1, 1962
James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
August 28, 1963
About 200,000 people join the March in Washington. Congregrating at the Lincoln Memorial, participants listen to Martin Lut
her King Jr give his amazing "I Have a Dream" speech.
Martin Luther King Jr giving his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Organization Page
I organized my project with sequential and descriptive. I organized it this way because it is easier to see what I did if it is in a list or very descriptive so the readers understand.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Summary
In the book the Watsons take a trip to visit their grandma in Birmingham. There was terrible people in Birmingham. People were so racist they bombed a church that had four little African American girls inside who were killed. A lot of people were badly injured. As I have created my project I have learned that black people were badly treated. They couldn't use the same bathrooms or drinking fountains as the white people. If they did one thing wrong the white people would throw them in jail, beat them, or do other terrible things to them. We watched a movie as a class about Birmingham and it showed all the terrible racism going on then. People hated the blacks strongly. They treated them like they were worth nothing. African Americans were slaves and if they did something wrong their masters could do anything with them. They were very strong people who stood up for what was right.
Words Page
Racist:
Denotation: Belief that certain races of people are by birth and nature superior to others
Connotation: Hatred toward a different race.
Segregation:
Denotation: The separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
Connotation: Separated whites and blacks
Discrimination:
Denotation: unfair treatment of a person or a group
Connotation: Treating someone unfairly
Difficult word: Boycott
Context clues: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
My definition: Not allowing someone to do certain things
Official definition: Boycott is a form of consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons.
Denotation: Belief that certain races of people are by birth and nature superior to others
Connotation: Hatred toward a different race.
Segregation:
Denotation: The separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
Connotation: Separated whites and blacks
Discrimination:
Denotation: unfair treatment of a person or a group
Connotation: Treating someone unfairly
Difficult word: Boycott
Context clues: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
My definition: Not allowing someone to do certain things
Official definition: Boycott is a form of consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Fact vs. Opinion
FACT:
The Birmingham church was bombed, killing four little girls.
Covered in a chapter in the book
OPINION:
The African American people weren't treated fairly.
Talked about in the whole book
The Birmingham church was bombed, killing four little girls.
Covered in a chapter in the book
OPINION:
The African American people weren't treated fairly.
Talked about in the whole book
Information Page
"The Watsons go to Birmingham"
by Christopher Paul Curtis
MAIN IDEA
The main idea of the book "The Watsons go to Birmingham" is that African American people weren't treated fairly. In the book it tells us about the terrible things that go on in Birmingham.
Supporting Details
1. The church was bombed
2. The parents were nervous about going south because of the racism and segregation going around
3. The kids weren't allowed to go wondering around alone once they were in Birmingham
CIVIL RIGHTS EVENTS AND PEOPLE COVERED IN THE BOOK
The Birmingham Bombing, Ku Klux Klan, The girls that were killed in the bombing were Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley.
by Christopher Paul Curtis
MAIN IDEA
The main idea of the book "The Watsons go to Birmingham" is that African American people weren't treated fairly. In the book it tells us about the terrible things that go on in Birmingham.
Supporting Details
1. The church was bombed
2. The parents were nervous about going south because of the racism and segregation going around
3. The kids weren't allowed to go wondering around alone once they were in Birmingham
CIVIL RIGHTS EVENTS AND PEOPLE COVERED IN THE BOOK
The Birmingham Bombing, Ku Klux Klan, The girls that were killed in the bombing were Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley.
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