The Era of Activism

Introduction

The Civil Rights movement made waves for both African Americans and other minorities that were facing inequality or oppression in the 1960s. The overwhelming success of the Civil Rights movement paved the way for other movements to rise up and demand equality. These movements include the women's rights movement, the Latino movement, the Japanese American Citizens League, the American Indian movement, the beginning of the gay and lesbian rights movement and the environmental and consumer movements. 

 

 

 

Process

Part 1: The Latina Movement 

Use the link below to answer questions 1 through 5. 

http://www.brown.edu/Research/Coachella/chicano.html

Click on the "education" tab on the left to answer questions 6 through 8.

Part 4: The Gay and Lesbian Movement 

http://www.uky.edu/~lbarr2/gws250spring11_files/Page1186.htm

Use the link above to copy information to create a word cloud. Copy from "The Homofile years" down to the end of "A Gay rights movement" section. You do not actually need to read the information you're copying. You're going to read the word cloud. 

Paste the text into wordle:

http://www.wordle.net/create

You can customize the word cloud however you'd like (colors/font/etc.) Once you've cusomized it, save it as a PNG and insert it into the word document. 

Use your word cloud to answer questions 22 through 23.

Part 5: The Enviornmental Movement

Use the link below to answer questions 25 through 29.

http://www.pollutionissues.com/Te-Un/U-S-Environmental-Protection-Agency.html

Use the link below to answer questions 30 through 34.

http://www.rachelcarson.org/

Use the link below to answer qustion 35 through 37. 

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_earthday_1.html

Part 6: The Consumer Movement 

Use the link below to answer question 38 through 42. 

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3351