QUESTIONS FOR "FREEDOM NOW"

Below is the link to the questions:docs.google.com/document/d/13cJyeHiJ4xU6qyGmrREeYXV04bcu17honzaN-19OZIs/edit

CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVISTS

Due May 10/11

Read the handout, "Freedom Now:  The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi."  The purpose of the reading is to describe and explain the importance of activists and their organizations in achieving equal rights. Please highlight and annotate the following:

* Key organizations and groups(include purpose, successes)
*  Key leaders and participants and their contributions
*  Key tactics or actions used to achieve change
*  Reaction of local whites to the movement in Mississippi.
*  Reaction of the the federal government to the Civil Rights Movement

CIVIL RIGHTS QUESTIONS

Due on May 3/May 4

Using your History Alive Text, thoroughly answer the questions about the early stages of the Civil Rights movement.  Here is the link for the question sheet.

/docs.google.com/document/d/1sz7Cm1E0L7P_mTbYGoEvZ1NE_ASW2RQaokrrug0n2Zc/edit

SEMINAR/SIMULATION ON 5/2,5/3

We will have our seminar on the use of the Atomic Bomb on 5/2,5/3.

Bring your folder with all of the handouts used for preparation and, of course, your prepared arguments.

READ THE 3 OPTIONS FOR USING THE ATOMIC BOMB

Due April 27, 28

The 3 options you are reading lay out reasons to use the Atomic Bomb in the summer of 1945.  For each option, briefly describe each option and then write down as many reasons presented for supporting that particular option.

FACT SHEET ON ATOMIC BOMB

Due April 27/28

Please read the following set of facts on the history, science, view points, and possible uses of the atomic bomb.

docs.google.com/document/d/1pXlAQn--wpuSRzerxVSWCazTJlv2Er0bymO4Y5JPrxc/edit?ts=57197fbb

ATOMIC BOMB CONTROVERSY

Due April 25/April 26

Read "July 1945:  The Moment of Decision" and highlight and annotate the following:

1. The initial US strategy for ending the war in the Pacific.
2.  The members of the advisory panel.
3.  Key aspects of each of the 6 "critical" factors the panel was using to decide whether or to use the atomic bomb.
4.  Important sentences in the Potsdam Declaration that help you understand other possible reasons to use the atomic bomb.