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The Civil Rights Movement (1950s and 1960s)

Click on the links in the list below to see work from this unit.

Mendez v. Westminster Reading and Questions 

Click below for the reading and the handout.  To open the reading in another window, click here.
To open the handout in another window, click here.

Mendez Reading

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mendez_v._westminster_reading.pdf
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Mendez Questions

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mendez_v._westminster_questions.pdf
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Video: Mendez v. Westminster: For all the Children / Para Todos Los Niños

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The full video is not available, but you can watch this clip and answer as many of the questions as 
you can. Click here.
To see the entire film, come in at lunch or after school.  It's only about 22 minutes.




Video: "Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back" 

You can watch this video here on my website, or watch this directly on YouTube in full screen, click here.
You may need to rewind the video to the beginning. 

Eyes on the Prize Film Sheet

Click below to download film sheet.
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u8_eyes_on_prize.pdf
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Video: "Chicano! Taking Back the Schools"

You can watch this video here on my website, or watch this directly on YouTube in full screen, click here.
​You will need to rewind the film to the start. 

These additional questions were added to the back of the film sheet in class. Make sure to answer them as well:
6. How can we apply the lessons of the walkouts to the problems of today?
7. What did you think or feel about the situations described in the movie?  Explain/describe!


"Chicano! Taking Back the Schools" film sheet

u8_chicano_schools_handout.pdf
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Lecture: Civil Rights in America 

This lecture is a Prezi presentation.  To show the Prezi, click here.
​To see the Transcript of the Prezi lecture in PDF form, click here.
To download the lecture sheet, click here.

Video: "Chicano! Struggle in the Fields" 

You can watch this video here on my website, or watch this directly on YouTube in full screen, click here.  (YouTube link is subject to change).

"Chicano! Struggle in the Fields" film sheet

u8_chicano_fields_handout.pdf
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