the belief in the need for big social, political and economic changes

the belief that people from different backgrounds should be kept apart from one another

characteristics belonging to a particular culture, such as language or music

Black Power and the Civil Rights Movement

History

Causes of the 'boom'

The role of Henry Ford in the 'boom'

Losers of the 'boom' in 1920s America

The Red Scare in 1920s America

Racial tension in early 20th century America

American society in the 1920s

Women and the 'boom' in 1920s America

American people and the 'boom' in the 1920s

The Wall Street Crash

The Great Depression

President Hoover and the 1932 presidential election

Effects of the Great Depression on American society

Roosevelt's New Deal

Opposition to the New Deal

1930s American popular culture

World War Two and the US economy

World War Two and US society

American recovery from the Great Depression

The American Dream in the 1940s and 1950s

Post-war American popular culture

McCarthyism and the second Red Scare

Change in Post-War America

Segregation in the USA

Direct action and the Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King and peaceful protest

Civil rights legislation in the 1960s

The New Frontier and Great Society

The US Feminist Movement in the 1960s and 1970s

Social and civil progress in the USA, c.1950-1973

In this unit pupils undergo a period study that provides an unfolding narrative which tells a story about a period that shaped the world we live in today. They look at the key events, developments, people and stories that defined the chosen period.

Period Studies

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

What word refers to the belief that the people from different backgrounds should be kept apart from one another?

Malcolm X was a spokesman for which radical group?

covered their ears during the US national anthem 

Which of the following actions did Tommie Smith and John Carlos carry out at the 1968 Mexico Olympics?

Write the missing number. Over {{}} children were fed by the Free Breakfast for Children Program in the first year after it began.

The Black Panthers had no radical policies.

The Black Panthers only ever acted non-violently.

Membership of the Black Panther Party was relatively small.

Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute.

Free Breakfast for Children Program began.

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

Write the missing word. A {{}} is an area of a city where people of a particular race or religion live, especially a poor area.

Who is often considered the leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s?

What types of protest is the March on Washington an example of?

In which city did Martin Luther King lead a freedom movement in 1966?

disorganisation of the Civil Rights Movement

police brutality towards civil rights protestors

widespread support for the Civil Rights Movement

What did the actions of people during the March on Washington help to demonstrate?

Black Power and the Civil Rights Movement

Lesson outcome

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