Protest in downtown Raleigh in 1963
MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS dbmergenthaler@wcpss.net
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COMMONLIT INSTRUCTIONS
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January 22 & 23 Current Event- find a current event from the last 5 months and fill out this form. We will discuss in class.

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January 24 & 25- for the Black History Presentation we need to make one slide presentations on the following HBCUs
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The Power Point slides need to have basic information about the school- when it was established, where it is, important facts, (when it gave its first degrees, what important distinctions are, what its important programs are, who are its famous alumni, and anything else that seems important.
We also need an image, of the campus, the seal, or something iconic. We will only use one slide so the information needs to be attractive, easy to read and the grammar needs to be on point. |

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January 28 & 29
Reconstruction |
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With one or two partners I want you to read through these primary Source documents about Reconstruction www.freedmen.umd.edu/sampdocs.htm
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Near Pod lesson- African Americans at the end of the War. share.nearpod.com/vsph/7EV9sTVlNu

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February 5 an 6
Power Point assignment- "Unknown African American Heroes" choose a person who most people have never heard of, like someone from one of these lists;
content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1963424,00.html or
https://moguldom.com/34934/10-unsung-heroes-of-black-history/2/ or
https://atlantablackstar.com/2014/02/23/10-black-heroes-who-usually-go-unrecognized-during-black-history-month-but-shouldnt/
and work with a partner to make a PowerPoint that follows Merglaw and is colorful, attractive and accurate. Make sure we each choose a different person.
FEBRUARY 7 2019- I’m so sorry I have a migraine. Finish your PowerPoint and send it to me and watch this video. youtu.be/XhzN70JAeQo
February 7 and 8- we will go through the PowerPoint together and answer questions in the textbook.

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February 14/15- Watch this film and take notes- turn in for a grade
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Raleigh in Reconstruction indyweek.com/guides/archives/occupation-three-weeks-bumming/
https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/oberlin-village/
https://www.ncpedia.org/exodusters
https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/oberlin-village/
https://www.ncpedia.org/exodusters
February 19 & 20
WPA Slave Narratives
Open this pdf file- it is a compilation of interviews of people who were former slaves done between 1936-1938. This is just the chapter on North Carolina. Choose 5 to read through and answer the questions on the oral history worksheet.
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February 22nd
- Look at the outside of the door to 2624- I made collages of African American historical figures and quotes or biographical information about them in text boxes.
- I want each of you to make a collage of your own- find figures that you think are important or influential, about three, and make your font bold and readable in 20-22 font.
- I have new black construction paper, white paint pens and all the tape.
February 26 & 27 go to CommonLit and join the class with the instructions at the top of this page.
Do these two assignments-
Do these two assignments-
- From Slaves to Sharecroppers
- America's Most Infamous Hate Group
- pages 157-160 in the book at questions 7,8,&9 in the book and turn them in on paper.
February 28th Sharecropping
watch this video, read this contract and then we'll discuss. |
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March 1 & 4 Ida B. Wells
- Go to Common Lit and do
- The Story of Ida B Wells
- Excerpt from Southern Horrors
- watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fygjGXnaV9w
March 5 & 6
Read pages 174-181 and do https://www.commonlit.org/en/assignments/booker-t-washington-vs-w-e-b-dubois-2369449/student_assignment
Read pages 174-181 and do https://www.commonlit.org/en/assignments/booker-t-washington-vs-w-e-b-dubois-2369449/student_assignment
March 7 & 8 African Americans in the West. "Why were African Americans drawn to the West in the 18oos?
- Read 185-188 in book and answer questions 1-9.
- Watch https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/2d21185d-b164-4be6-8c43-d68069a2f365
- Choose one person from this list and do research on them on the internet. Find out where and when they were born and died, what they did and why they were so outstanding. Make me a poster with a picture on an 8x12 piece of construction paper to put up in the hallway.
- Mary Fields
- Allen Allensworth
- Captain Charles Young
- Pap Singleton
- Bass Reeves
- James Beckwourth
- Nat Love
March 11- I’m really sorry to miss again. I’ve got a bad migraine headache. There is a Common Lit lesson about a woman from Raleigh that I would like you to read and do. A Child of Slavery that Taught a Generation. When you finish that you can get caught up on other work. Have a good day!
March 12th - African Americans Many Rivers to Cross episode 4 and worksheet
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Wilmington podcast youtu.be/ezYdPh_t_nE
March 13 & 14- Wilmington Race Riots
1. Let's go through the PowerPoint together and fill out some notes sheets. 2. As a team we will read through "Ghosts of 1898" and break it down for each other. 3. Each Chapter of Tim Tyson's article needs to be summarized and explained to the rest of the class. ![]()
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March 13 & 14
African American influence on American Music
First go through this PowerPoint (skip the assignment at the end for today) and look at the ways African American culture created almost all American musical forms.
Second watch the video for the first episode of Jazz on Amazon and do the worksheet that goes with it.
African American influence on American Music
First go through this PowerPoint (skip the assignment at the end for today) and look at the ways African American culture created almost all American musical forms.
Second watch the video for the first episode of Jazz on Amazon and do the worksheet that goes with it.

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March 21&22
Go Through the last pages of the History of Music PowerPoint and choose a type of music to do a presentation on for the class. We’ll do them on the 1st and 2nd. Your presentation should tell us about the style and characteristics of the kind of music you have picked and have examples (clean) for us to listen to in class. You should also tell us about important people and bands in the style.
You can work on this today.
Go Through the last pages of the History of Music PowerPoint and choose a type of music to do a presentation on for the class. We’ll do them on the 1st and 2nd. Your presentation should tell us about the style and characteristics of the kind of music you have picked and have examples (clean) for us to listen to in class. You should also tell us about important people and bands in the style.
You can work on this today.

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April 1- watch this documentary and fill out this worksheet.
April 4 & 5
Presentations & Textbook Work pages 235-244 and the reading questions due at the end of the period
Presentations & Textbook Work pages 235-244 and the reading questions due at the end of the period
April 8 & 9 Watch Boycott in class about the Montgomery Bus Boycott and answer these questions. |
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April 10 & 122
Finish Boycott and do Civil Rights Timeline Scramble Activity |
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April 23 & 24
Eyes on the Prize Ep 3 |
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April 25 & 26
Birmingham Campaign |
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April 29 & 30
Civil Rights Packet Due at end of period |
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May 2 and 3
Eyes on the Prize 5- Mississippi
Eyes on the Prize 5- Mississippi
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May 6 & 7
Black Power Movement and the Black Panthers
Black Power Movement and the Black Panthers
- Common Lit on the rise of the Black Power movement- www.commonlit.org/en/assignments/empowering-the-black-power-movement-2852083/student_assignment
- Read about Stokely Carmichael at https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/stokely-carmichael and answer the questions at testmoz.com/2123447
May 8 & 9
Civil Rights and Black Power in the 1965 and 1966 Look at the powerpoint and answer the questions. |
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youtu.be/rh3yG6SFzVo
May 10th and 13th
In 1965 there was a riot in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.
In 1967 there were over 150 race riots in America.
In 1968 there were hundreds more after the Assassination of MLK jr.
In 1992 there were riots all over Los Angeles.
In 2014 there were riots in Ferguson, Missouri.
In 2015 there were riots in Baltimore, Maryland.
If you go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_incidents_of_unrest_and_violence_in_the_United_States_by_city you can see a list of the episodes of civil unrest in a city over time.
In a pair or group of three I want you to do research on the history of racial tensions over this time period in either Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, Baltimore, or the St. Louis/Ferguson/Cairo Illinois area. You will be doing a presentation on your work in class on the 20th and 21st. Your presentation needs to answer these questions;
- Where is your area? What was life like for African Americans in the area?
- What started each outbreak of violence?
- How did the violence spread? What kinds of things did people do?
- What did the police and government do to deal with the situation?
- Did anyone die or get hurt? Explain.
- Why do you think that some cities have a longer history of race riots than others?
- How should we deal with the underlying problems that cause these outbreaks of anger and violence?
Your presentation is due on the 20th and 21st. If you aren't able to give your presentations on those days you must email me the project immediately.
Each slide needs the initials of the person who made it in the lower right hand corner.
May 13- Please work on this assignment while you watch Eyes on the Prize episode 08. It’s about the racial
tension that apply to the project.
youtu.be/rh3yG6SFzVo