WEEK ONE
Civil Rights Movements
Assignment # 1 - Listening Comprehension & Notetaking
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Note-Taking Assignment
Click the link about Harriet Tubman, listen to the talk, take notes, answer the questions, and be prepared to discuss what you have learn in class. Use the note taking form that was given in class. Write a summary (6-10 sentences) about what the talk.
Escaping slavery; risking everything to save her family; leading a military raid; championing the cause of women’s suffrage; these are just a handful of the accomplishments of one of America’s most courageous heroes. Janell Hobson details Harriet Tubman's many fights for freedom.
Martin Luther King Speech
Learn about the political and social context behind Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have A Dream" speech, the rhetorical devices that helped its concepts resonate, and its effect on the broader Civil Rights Movement.
Assignment # 2 - Listening Comprehension & Notetaking
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Note-Taking Assignment
Click the link about Ida B. Wells, listen to the talk, take notes, answer the questions, and be prepared to discuss what you have learn in class. Use the note taking form that was given in class. Write a summary (6-10 sentences) about what the talk.
In the late 1800’s, lynchings were happening all over the American South, often without any investigation or consequences for the murderers. A young journalist set out to expose the truth about these killings. Her reports shocked the nation, launched her journalism career and a lifelong pursuit of civil rights. Christina Greer details the life of Ida B. Wells and her tireless struggle for justice.
Assignment # 3 - Listening Comprehension & Notetaking
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Note-Taking Assignment
Click the link about James Baldwin, listen to the talk, take notes, answer the questions, and be prepared to discuss what you have learn in class. Use the note taking form that was given in class. Write a summary (6-10 sentences) about what the talk.
In the 1960s, the FBI amassed almost 2,000 documents in an investigation into one of America’s most celebrated minds. The subject of this inquiry was a writer named James Baldwin, one of the best-selling black authors in the world at the time. What made him loom so large in the imaginations of both the public and the authorities? Christina Greer explores the life and works of James Baldwin.