when you refuse to use a service as a form of protest it is known as a boycott

a carpool is an arrangement where a group of people agree to share a vehicle from one place to another, usually as an alternative to public transport

direct action is the use of demonstrations or protests to achieve a goal, rather than negotiation

The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-6)

History

Segregation and discrimination in the USA

Civil rights organisations in the 20th century

Progress in education, 1954-60

Martin Luther King Jr and the early civil rights movement

Early opposition to the civil rights movement

The changing position of black Americans by 1960

Greensboro and the sit-in movement

Freedom rides: protests and progress for civil rights (1961)

The James Meredith case (1962)

The peace marches (1963) and Freedom Summer (1964)

The Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965)

Reasons why the civil rights movement was more successful from 1960 to 1965

The role of Malcolm X in the civil rights movement

The emergence of the Black Power movement

The Black Panther Party

The riots of 1965-67 and the Kerner Report (1968)

King's campaign in the North

How successful was the civil rights movement by 1975?

French Indochina

Containment and the Domino Theory

Vietcong resistance

Gulf of Tonkin incident

The Tet Offensive

US involvement in Vietnam

The effect of Vietnamisation on US policy in Vietnam

The expansion of the war into Cambodia, Laos and North Vietnam, 1969-1972

Opposition to the Vietnam War in the US

Support for the Vietnam War in the US

Changing US policy in Vietnam, 1969-1972

Peace negotiations to end the Vietnam War, 1968-1972

The Paris Peace agreement, 1973

US weaknesses in the Vietnam War

North Vietnamese strengths in the Vietnam War

Impact of the Vietnam War

In this unit, pupils study a modern society and the issues that affected it in great depth over a shorter period. They learn about the key events, developments, people and stories that shaped this modern society over a period of around twenty to thirty years.

Modern depth studies

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

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

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

when you refuse to use a service as a form of protest

when a group of people share a vehicle from from one place to another

use of protests to achieve a goal, rather than negotiation

Match the words with their definitions. Write the correct letter in each box.

Which of the following civil rights activists refused to give up their seat on a bus for a white man on December 1st 1955?

Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) 

Which of the following civil rights organisations were involved in supporting the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Which of the following civil rights activists became known as a leader and a motivating and charismatic speaker following the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Martin Luther King Jr’s home was bombed 

many boycotters were fired from their jobs or arrested

carpools were often attacked by white Americans.

there was minimal resistance to the boycott

Which of the following sentences accurately describes the resistance to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

The Supreme Court ruled segregation on buses in Alabama to be unconstitutional.

It showed that non-violent direct action could successfully achieve its aims.

It contributed to the passing of the 1957 Civil Rights Act.

It showed that the government would support the civil rights movement.

Which of the following sentences accurately describes the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Which organisation fought racial injustice in the courts?

Which organisation used non-violent direct action such as sit-ins to protest in the 1950s?

The {{ }} is an organisation that continued to protest against desegregation in the 1950s.

It set a precedent for challenging segregation at a federal level.

All four high schools in Little Rock closed for a year rather than desegregate.

All the high schools in Little Rock immediately desegregated.

Many families moved away from desegregated school areas.

Which of the following statements correctly describe the impact of the events at Little Rock in 1957? Select all statements that are true.

A {{ }} is when you refuse to use a service as a form of protest.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-6)

Lesson outcome

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