CRM+Tweets




 * So many events in the Civil Rights Movement – imagine if you were present at all of them! How would you communicate the basic information of each major event quickly and concisely? Well, if we could send some technology back in time, maybe you could “tweet” your way through the Movement. **


 * In this activity, you will report about various events, people, and organizations using Twitter as a model. In case you don’t know (I'm sure you do, from your friendly English teacher), Twitter is a social networking site that allows people to keep up with each other by posting messages of “tweets” that are no more than 140 characters in length. Over the next few days, you will use Chapter 29, videos, and [|ABC-CLIO] to post “tweets” about the events, individuals, and ideas listed below. This will serve as your Civil Rights Era study guide! **


 * Cut and paste the material below into a new page on your Unit 8 Online Notebook, and tweet away. Make sure your tweets are complete and cover a great deal about the topic ... but are limited in size! Don't worry too much - 140 is just a ballpark figure. Hashtags (#) can be added to a few tweets to identify major topics or creative associations for the content you are describing. To gt super creative on a few, toss in a twitpic of the event or idea as well! Carefully examine the example and use it as a guide ... **


 * EXAMPLE TWEET – Why was Brown v. Board important? **


 * Tweet – Plessey overturned by SC, separate is not equal, schools must desegregate “with all deliberate speed”, bye bye Jim Crow? Will be some opposition! #morechangecoming [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/J5etrbsrr6VjhM9LeaNOdjioAwjS5Uby9alrnzNQjx8ULWyhVfac10BXKw_2UYXWlnsd71KkGYxWInj-JXeSGIqnG2jtxuj31Bb2L1mnmYP0Hy8kPGg]] **


 * (that’s 140 characters with a hashtag and a pic … and a pretty complete tweet!) **


 * Getting started - **


 * Define "Civil Rights" - right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality. **
 * Tweet – Rights belong to people from citizenship. Thank you 13th and 14th amendments. **


 * Define "Civil Liberties" - Fundamental individual rights, such as freedom of speech and religion, protected by law against unwarranted governmental or other interference. **


 * Tweet –one's freedom to exercise one's rights under the laws of the country. **


 * Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement **


 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever? (CA 813) **
 * Tweet – People. Know that racism is evil. NO place for Racism in US. #endracism **


 * What happened with the buses in Montgomery in 1955? (CA 815, [|video] ) **


 * Tweet – Montgomery boycott today. For 13 months no one ride buses. #Keepitup **


 * What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?(CA 816, [|video] ) **
 * Tweet – M-town buses desegregated, lets go king, #SCLC #wewithyourosa **


 * What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?(CA 817, [|Watch the Video] ) **
 * Tweet – national guard block eckford out, we don’t care #staystrong #Esenhower #101 airborne **


 * What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South?(CA 816) **
 * Tweet –The massive resistance was due to segregationists, racists, and bigots #lilrock9 #rosa **


 * What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?(CA 817) **
 * Tweet – In Greensboro students sat in in white diners and demanded food #newmovement #hatergonnahate **


 * Provide a tweet describing SNCC.(CA 817) **
 * Tweet – LEGGO students band together we can make a difference #sit-in #SNCC #SCLC3 **


 * Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights **

Tweet – Blacks and Whites riding together on the bus all over the country. #changeiscoming
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides? ** **(CA 818, [|video] )**

Tweet – Many children fighting for freedom like parents. Officers are now bringing dogs in and fire hoses. #childrenwillendsegregation
 * Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( [|Project "C" in Birmingham] **, [|video] **)**


 * What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? (CA 819-820, [|video] ) **
 * Tweet ** – Kennedy agrees to landmark civil rights movement through congress. #success

**What was the impact of the March on Washington?** ** (CA 820, video) ** **Tweet** – Nice job marching!we improved our rights and brought the fight back to Washington #ihaveadream #300,000 people

**What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?** ** (CA 820) ** **Tweet** –here we go no more segregation in towns and public places and we are making a huge change. finally segregation illegal #RIPJFK #EEOC

**What was Freedom Summer?** ** (CA 821, ** [|Freedom Summer], video ** ) ** **Tweet** – too far beyond comprehension RIP we need to stand and make a change all of the normal people out there can make a change! #RIP #RIP

**Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965** ** (CA 821)  **

**Tweet** – We need people to register! new voting rights act makes it easier #Johnson #civilrightsmovement #1965

**Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. ([|video], video)**

**Tweet** – March for voting rights #mlk #federalprotectiion

** Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ( ** [|The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL] ** ) **

**Tweet** – we shall overcome! we will continue to fight for peoples' rights #speech

**Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?** ** (CA 822)  **

**Tweet** – how won't it help the movement! it will help reinforce our ideas. #Johnson #greater society #civilrights

**Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822,** [|Chicago Freedom Movement] **).**

**Tweet** – The impact of north was barely there. peolple in the north were racist, and there were no laws supporting segregation. #disapointment

**How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?** ** (CA 822-823)  **

**Tweet** – The moveent is mainly divided ito two groups aggressive and non-aggressive. #unite #become1 #riot


 * Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. ****  (CA 822,  ** [|The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X] **  )  **

**Tweet** – Malcom X thought that a society of different races was possible #meltigpot


 * What is the story with the Black Panthers? ( ** [|The Black Panther Party] **  )  **

** Tweet ** – African americans took up arms defended the poor and defenselessn #thisiswhatitcomesto?