Black Power is the political name for groups aiming for self-determination for black Americans

the establishment is a system of politics and government that some argue enables racial and economic inequality

The Black Panther Party

History

Segregation and discrimination in the USA

Civil rights organisations in the 20th century

Progress in education, 1954-60

The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-6)

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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

the name for groups aiming for self-determination for black Americans

a system of politics and government that some argue enables inequality

when a person or group is able to control their own life/lives

to be able to provide for yourself without any outside help

Match the following keywords with the correct definitions.

Who were the founders of the Black Panther Party?

Complete this sentence with a first name: {{}} X influenced the ideas, values, and beliefs of the founders of the Black Panther Party.

It aimed to overthrow 'the establishment'.

How did the Black Panther Party differ from other civil rights organizations?

Implementation of the Free Breakfast for Children Program

Creation of a paramilitary training program

Initiation of urban guerrilla warfare tactics

What was one of the achievements of the Black Panther Party that was unrelated to the use of weapons for self-defence?

Which of these organisations targeted the Black Panther Party as a threat?

What word was used to describe black and white Americans working together for civil rights, rather than separately?

to be able to ask for support to provide for yourself

to be eligible for government support to provide for your community

to be able to provide for groups within your community without any outside help

Which of the following statements best describes the term 'self-sufficiency'?

What was the slogan of the Lowndes County Freedom Organisation (LCFO)?

The Mexico Olympics (1968) raised the profile of which movement?

Which group typically interpreted the Black Power movement as as a violent, anti-white organisation?

rapidly declining support for a militant approach to the fight against racism

little change in the support for a militant approach to the fight against racism

rapidly increasing support for a militant approach to the fight against racism

a successful end to the fight against racism

Which of these did the assassination of Martin Liuther King lead to?

The Black Panther Party

Lesson outcome

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