Unit 8 The Civil Rights Movement (1950s and 1960s)
Click on the links in the list below to see work from this unit.
Homework Handouts
Ch. 16 Handout![]()
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Ch. 18 Handout![]()
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Mendez v. Westminster Reading and Questions
Click below for the reading and the handout
Mendez Reading![]()
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Mendez Questions![]()
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Video: Mendez v. Westminster: For all the Children / Para Todos Los Niños

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.
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.
Eyes on the Prize Film SheetClick below to download film sheet.
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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.
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!
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![]()
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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.
"Chicano! Struggle in the Fields" film sheet![]()
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