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February 14, 2014 · 11:09 am

Civil Rights Timeline – Ten Post Update

Go here for guidelines to original Civil Rights Timeline Assignment.

Due on Wednesday, February 19 – Civil Rights Timeline.

Ten posts only. Three sentences per post.
Final format as in original guidelines.
You may re-write for your final assignment.
Final 25 post assignment due date TBA.
This assignment is worth fifty points.

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February 9, 2014 · 7:12 am

Civil Rights: Jim Crow & Brown vs Board of Education (1954)

Please go here to access Mr. Wood’s podcasts on the Civil Rights Movement.

Jim Crow Laws in the Southern United States
Go here to watch the Rise and Fall of Jim Crow – Introduction to the documentary by California News Reel.
Go here to find a list of Jim Crow laws legally enforced throughout the southern United States

1954 – Brown vs Board of Education

The Supreme Court Decision Brown vs Board of Education (1954) served as the launching pad for the American Civil Rights Movement. It is the first time, on a nationwide scale, that the United States Federal government landed fully on the side of civil rights for black Americans.

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February 8, 2014 · 5:20 am

Civil Rights Heroines – Billie Holiday & Strange Fruit

Go here for a detailed synopsis of the life of Billie Holiday. Portions of the summary below are taken from this site.

A troubled and extremely talented human being, Billie Holiday was born in Philadelphia in 1915. From the beginnings life was hard. Her father was absent; her mother was a teenager. At the age of nine, because of continual school skipping, Bilie was then sent to the House of Good Shepherd, a facility for troubled African American girls. There she was sexually assauted. Things didn’t get much better upon releast. However, in the midst of all of this chaos Holiday found solace in music. She followed her mother who had moved to New York City in the late 1920s and worked in a house of prostitution in New York for a time – at the age of 15 she began singing in local night clubs in Harlem.

Striking out on her own, Holiday performed at Greenwhich Village’s Café Society. She developed some of her trademark stage persona there—wearing gardenias in her hair and singing with her head tilted back. Continue reading →

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February 1, 2014 · 6:26 pm

Government Syllabus – Mr. Wood 2014

Please go here for Government syllabus.

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January 15, 2014 · 5:52 am

FINAL due dates for Government 2013/14

OK – guys here you go – adjusted due dates for Government class final two weeks. Check links for specific information.

listen to ‘Government – Final two weeks & FINAL EXAM’ on Audioboo

A.C.T! Work – for MP #3 are all individualized. You work on your group selected issue but your grade is YOU ONLY. Your grade for the project in marking period #3 consists of two assignments. Make sure that you run these reflections by me regularly – over and over again. They need to be complete – they count 50% of your ACT MP grade and 50% of your Final.

News Article – actively read and reflected on in the appropriate format.
Letter to your representative. Make sure you use appropriate format.
Turn in group notebook with your two assignment by Tuesday January 21.
Calling Congress 101 – Fri (17), Sat (18), Sun (19).

FINAL Exam Wed January 22 – we will take a CA on the day of the final. This will be taken in the computer lab…it will however not count as the final – like I said it is a Common Assessment. The Final will consist of two parts.