NAME
kenzy
DATE
Guided Reading
CLASS
11A
netw rks
The Civil Rights Era
Lesson 1 The Civil Rights Movement
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
Why does conflict develop?
Ending Inequality in Education
Answering Questions As you read the section, answer the
questions below.
1. Defining What is segregation?
the act or process of segregating which the state of being segregated or
seperated
2. Explaining In what way did the Council on Racial Equality
(CORE) try to end segregation?
CORE hoped to create an interracial, nonviolent army that would end racial
segregation in America with campaigns that employed what Gandhi called
satyagraha, which translates as 'soul force' or 'truth force.
3. The People
white people and black
people
4. The Argument
they are fighting for
equality
5. The Ruling
racial segregation in
public shcools
unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board
of Education
6. Results of the Ruling
now white people and black people can go to the same class and have the
same rights when it comes to education.
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Explaining Brown v. Board of Education was an important
event in the civil rights movement. As you read about it,
list information about the event in each box.
NAME
kenzy
DATE
Guided Reading
CLASS
11A
netw rks
Cont.
The Civil Rights Era
7. Analyzing Why was the confrontation at Central High
School important?
Segregation in public schools was outlawed by the brown v. topeka decision.
Moving Beyond the Schoolhouse
Determining Cause and Effect Rosa Parks’ refusal to
give up her seat on a Montgomery bus led to many other
changes. As you read, list those changes and their results.
Rosa Parks
refuses to
give up her
seat
1.
2.
she fought for
right to seat
infront.
the poilice came
and took her but
they changed
the law.
3.
now black and
white people are
allowed to seat
anywhere in the
bus.
4. Identifying Which civil rights leader was influenced by
Gandhi? What ideas of Gandhi’s did this leader adopt?
A law or a government directive may be broken in an act of civil disobedience to
protest injustice or corruption. Refusing to pay taxes as a form of civil
disobedience in opposition to an unfair or corrupt administration is one example.
A law or a government directive may be broken in an act of civil disobedience to
protest injustice or corruption. Refusing to pay taxes as a form of civildisobedience in opposition to an unfair or corrupt administration is one example.
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5. Defining What is civil disobedience? Give an example from
the lesson.