This week  the Civil Right Projects are due.  No exceptions. Your second grade is based on this project as well as your class participation.

Email address - <a href="mailto:gdbanks@cps.edu">gdbanks@cps.edu</a>

<strong>WEBQUEST  - Civil Rights Movement</strong>

<strong>Due Date  - Monday Jan 25. for Monday classes</strong>

<strong></strong><strong>Due Date   -Tuesday Jan 26. for Tuesday classes</strong>

<strong></strong><strong>Due Date   -Wednesday  Jan 27. for Wednesday classes</strong><strong> </strong>

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<strong>Introduction</strong>

The Civil Rights movement was bigger than Martin Luther King Jr.  or  the Montgomery Bus Boycott.  This movement involved many places, people and events taking place over more than 100 years.  Hopefully, by the end of this  webquest, you will have an understanding of the breadthand depth of the Civil Rights movement.

<strong>Task
</strong>You have a choice of  three projects that you can complete. You must choose one of the three projects below to complete. 

<strong>Project 1:  The Civil Rights Tour</strong>

Create a travel brochure for places that were important to the Civil Rights movement. Create a large map to accompany the brochure.

<strong>Project 2 :   The Civil Right Timeline/mural</strong>

Create a timeline/mural of important events and people of the Civil Right movement. The timeline will developed from a list of events and people.  A summary of each event on the mural must be written so people who view it may have an understanding of the significance of the event or person depicted to the Civil Rights Movement.

<strong>Project 3: The Civil Rights Hall of Fame</strong>

Your task is to write a description of each person's contribution to the Civil Rights movement which would earn them a place in the new Hall of Fame.  Each profile should include a picture of the possible inductee.  Write a brief explanation as to why you feel that this person should be included in a Civil Rights Hall of Fame.

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<strong> Process</strong>

<strong>Project I : The Civil Rights Tour</strong>

You will research places that were significant to the Civil Rights Movement using the following lists.

A. Alabama

     Anniston - Freedom Rides

     Birmingham - Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church

     Birmingham - Letter from a Birmingham Jail

     Montogmery - Bus Boycott

     Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail

B. Arkansas

     Little Rock - Central High School

C. Georgia

     Atlanta - Martin Luther King, Jr., birthplace

D. Illinois

     Chicago - Ida Wells Homesite

E. Kansas

     Topeka - Monroe Elementary School (Brown vs. Board of Education Historic  site)

F. Massachusetts

     Great Barrington - W.E.B. Dubois Homesite

G. Mississippi

     Oxford - James Meredith enrolls at the University of Mississippi

     Jackson - Medgar Evars' House

     Philadelphia - Disappearance of James Chaney, Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman

H. Nebraska

     Omaha - Malcolm X House

I. North Carolina

     Greensboro - Woolworth's Five and Dime

J. Washington, D.C.

     Lincoln Memorial - site of "I Have a Dream" speech

II. After researching the people and events you will produce a travel brochure which would recommend places for a foreign visitor to visit to learn about the Civil Right movement. You must decide which events to include in your brochure. The brochure must include a brief description of the importance of the event or person to the Civil Rights movement. The brochure should reflect the diversity of the Civil Rights movement.

III. The brochure can be produced using Word or Publisher. Pictures should be included.

IV. You should also produce a map on posterboard/butcher-block paper showing the places indicated on your brochure.
<h4><a name="TOC-Project-II---The-Civil-Rights-Mural"></a>Project II - The Civil Rights Timeline/Mural</h4>
You will produce a mural depicting important people and events from the Civil Rights Movement. The mural should be developed from the following list:

14th amendment

Plessy vs. Ferguson

W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington

Brown vs. Board of Education

Tuskegee Airmen

Jackie Robinson

Medgar Evers

Malcom X

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Fannie Lou Hamer

Black Panthers

Little Rock Central High School

Freedom Rides

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1965

You must have  prepare a summary of each event or person depicted in your mural. Viewers of the mural will use these descriptions to help them understand the mural and the significance of events shown.

<strong> Project 3: The Civil Rights Hall of Fame Profiles</strong>

Assume that you are the staff of a new museum devoted to the Civil Rights movement. Your task is to write a description of each person's contribution to the Civil Rights movement which would earn them a place in the new Hall of Fame. Your description should be about 1 page in length. A bibliography of sources used in your research should be included.
<ol>
	<li>Medgar Evers</li>
	<li>James Meredith</li>
	<li>James Chaney</li>
	<li>Ida Wells</li>
	<li>Jackie Robinson</li>
	<li>Jessie Owens</li>
	<li>Thurgood Marshall</li>
	<li>The Little Rock Nine</li>
</ol>
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<h4>Resources for you to use</h4>
There may be other resources other than the ones listed below that you can use. These are just a few to choose from. 

Jesse Jackson - <a rel="nofollow" href="http://keephopealiveradio.com/">Keep Hope Alive</a>

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2736&amp;sug=y">Ralph Abernathy</a>

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nps.gov/brvb/">Brown vs. Board of Education</a>

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/39.htm">Civil Rights Act 1964</a>

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.africanamericans.com/MarchonWashingtonIndex.htm">March on Washington</a>

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.africanaonline.com/montgomery.htm">Montgomery Bus Boycott</a>

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.crmvet.org/images/imgselma.htm">March from Selma to Montgomery</a>