IB History HL2: 2-6 November
Learning Objectives
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This section focuses on the origins, nature, challenges and achievements of civil rights movements after 1945. Movements represented the attempts to achieve equality for groups that were not recognized or accepted as full members of society. The groups challenged established authority and entrenched attitudes.
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Native Americans and civil rights: Latin America, the United States and Canada
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African Americans and the Civil Rights Movement: origins, tactics and organizations; the US Supreme court and legal challenges to segregation in education; ending of the segregation in the South (1955‑65)
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Role of Dr Martin Luther King in the Civil Rights Movement; the rise of radical African American activism (1965‑8): Black Panthers; Black Muslims; Black Power and Malcolm X
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Role of governments in civil rights movements in the Americas
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Youth culture and protests of the 1960s and 1970s: characteristics and manifestation of a counterculture
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Feminist movements in the Americas
Essential Questions
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What are Civil Rights? How can they be distinguished between Civil Liberties?
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What role do governments play in the creation and enforcement of Civil Rights?
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Evaluate the role of non-governmental organizations in the evolution of Civil Rights in the Americas between 1950 and 1975
Assessments
Final Exam, “Cold War in the Americas, 1945-81″ 20 November (2.05-3.35) in Lakeside Lecture Hall
Civil Rights Paper #1: “In what ways, and for what reasons, did the civli rights movement in the United States make significant progress in the period of 1950 to 1964?” due to Turnitin.com before 11.59pm on 21 November.
Civil Rights paper #2: “”What were the reasons for the change in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the second half of the 1960s?”due to Turnitin.com before 11.59pm on 6 December.
Civil Rights Paper #3: “Evaluate the impact of Black Power on the civil rights movement in the United States during the second half of the 1960s” due to Turnitn.com before 11.59pm on 18 December
List of complete paper requirements here.
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