Tuesday, February 4, 2014

2.5.2014


Woman's Suffrage  (19th Amendment)




Do Now:


  • Please complete your assignment on www.noredink.com
  • When you are done, please analyze the map below and answer the questions provided:
    1. What does the map identify?
    2. Why did so many states deny women the right to vote?
    3. Why was women's suffrage legal in some states and not others?




Essential Questions: Just think about these throughout the lesson...


·       Why did so many states deny women the right to vote? Why was women’s suffrage legal in some states?

·       What strategies did women use to win the right to vote? Which were most successful? What made them successful?
·       What role did state governments play in extending voting rights to women? What role did the federal government play?



19th Amendment: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

A Brief Context to Woman's Suffrage:


In 1920, the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution ended seventy-two years of active struggle to gain the right to vote for women. As this long struggle came to a close, suffragists' efforts concentrated on the passage of a constitutional amendment. Many states had already adopted woman suffrage, but state-by-state campaigns were costly and their outcomes uncertain (especially in the South—political leaders there remembered the pre-Civil War alliance between abolitionists and supporters of women’s rights and they feared that voting rights for women might force them to lose the ground they had gained in restricting voting rights of blacks). Suffragists agreed on the necessity of a federal approach to extend suffrage to women throughout the nation. 

Primary Source Reading: Please read and outline the passage below and answer the questions provided.

Ernestine Rose's speech at the Women's Rights Convention Worcester, Massachusetts in October 15, 1851


  1. Who is Ernestine Rose and what is her mission?
  2. In the first paragraph, Ms. Rose discusses losing her identity, explain how she may have felt this way?
  3. In the thrird paragraph, Ms. Rose talks about a criminal incident. Why does she bring up this event in her speech, and how does it support her point that she is trying to make?
  4. How is the Womans Suffrage (19th Amendment) movement similar to the plight of African Americans (15th Amendment)?


Political Cartoon Analyzation: 

  1. What is going on in this picture? Who, what , where, and why?
  2. What is ironic about this cartoon?


Exit Ticket: Please post your response to the questions on www.edmodo.com
    1. What is the role of the federal government in expanding woman's right to vote?
    2. How has the 19th Amendment affected the course of history?
    3. Why was voting restricted to just men after the 14th Amendment?
    4. The word suffrage means?
    5. Why was this not a part of the original Constitution?


When you are done with everything:










Saturday, November 30, 2013

12.10.2013 Assignment

Syrian Revolution

End of Unit


DO NOW:

  • Please complete your assignment on www.noredink.com
  • After you are done with your assignment answer the question from the picture below:
  • Bashar Al-Assad said "A Revolution is usually done by the people not by importing foreigners to rebel against the people." 
    • Look at picture, infer who Al-Assad is referring to and why he would be saying it? (2-3 sentences. 


I DO:

Go back to the Anatomy of Revolution framework (What are the 4 steps of Revolution)

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WE DO:






INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:

  • Using the timeline provided break up the events from 2011-2013 in the Anatomy of Revolution framework.
  • What were the causes?
  • Could it have been avoided?
  • Who are the people revolting and what is there plan for improvement (if any)?
  • Use your reasoning and inferring skills to predict what the outcome will be?
  • In what way will this revolution benefit the people of Syria?
  • Is REVOLUTION necessary for making positive change in a society?
EXTRA RESOURCES:








12.9.2013 Assignment



“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make 

violent revolution inevitable."


John f. Kennedy 



DO NOW:

  • Begin your NoRedInk assignment for the day, once completed move on to the next step.
  • Answer the question from the quotation below:
    • “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
      (1962)”  John F. Kennedy
    • We have been primarily focusing on violent revolutions and their effectiveness. What are the benefits and potential risks of peaceful protest?
    • Please write 3-5 sentences regarding your opinion and evidence from previous classwork and research.
I DO:


AMENDMENT I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
  • What part of the Amendment grants citizens the ability to protest something about the government?
  • ·       What part of the Amendment grants citizens the ability to protest something about the government? Why did the Founding Fathers feel that this was the most important Amendment when straying away from England?

  • WE DO:

YOU DO: Watch the two videos on Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King regarding Non-Violence and their stance on revolution. Complete the Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the two influential leaders. Provide at least 5 examples of differences on each side and 5 examples of similarities in the middle space.


Video #1:

 Video #2






Exit Ticket:

  • Go on Edmodo and answer the prompt provided.





Sunday, November 24, 2013

12.6.2013 Assignment

عيش، حرية، عدالة اجتماعية

(Bread, freedom, social justice-Egyptian Chant)





DO NOW:

  • Complete your daily assignment on www.noredink.com
The Egyptian Revolution of 2011, also known as the Lotus Revolution, took place following a popular uprising that began on 25 January 2011. It was a diverse movement of demonstrations, marches, plaza occupations, riots, non-violent civil resistance, acts of civil disobedience and labor strikes. Millions of protesters from a variety of socio-economic and religious backgrounds demanded the overthrow of the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. There were also important Islamic, liberal, anti-capitalist, nationalist, and feminist currents of the revolution. Violent clashes between security forces and protesters resulted in at least 846 people killed and 100 ,000 injured. Protesters also burned upwards of 90 police stations, though international media and politicians attempted to minimize that aspect of the revolt. Protests took place in Cairo,Alexandria, and in other cities in Egypt, following the Tunisian revolution that resulted in the overthrow of the long-time Tunisian president.
Grievances of Egyptian protesters were focused on legal and political issues including police brutality, state of emergency laws, lack of free elections and freedom of speech, corruption, and economic issues including high unemployment, food price inflation and low wages. The primary demands from protesters were the end of the Hosni Mubarak regime, the end of emergency law, freedom, justice, a responsive non-military government and a say in the management of Egypt's resources. Strikes by labor unions added to the pressure on government officials.

WHERE IS IT!?

  • Locate :
  • Egypt,
  • Iran, 
  • Syria
  • Israel



VIDEO: (Watch the video and read the article fill out the time line of events)

Article on the timeline of events







INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
  • Create a comic strip that tells the story of the Egyptian Revolution and also fits into the Anatomy of Revolution Framework.


12.5.2013 Assignment


“I was born a slave, but nature gave me a soul of a free man….” -Toussaint Louverture

Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)





DO NOW:

Answer the question from the quotation below:

  • I was born a slave, but nature gave be the soul of a free man..." -Toussaint Louverture
  • Toussaint Louverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution, how did this quote motivate the masses of the revolution? (please answer in 2-3 sentences)


I DO:

The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domonigue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Republic of Haiti. The Haitian Revolution was the only slave revolt which led to the founding of a state. Furthermore, it is generally considered the most successful slave rebellion ever to have occurred and as a defining moment in the histories of both Europe and the Americas. The rebellion began with a revolt of black African slaves in August 1791. It ended in November 1803 with the French defeat at the battle of Verrieres. Haiti became an independent country on January 1, 1804.

WE DO:

Wyclef Jean is a native of Haiti, and world renown musical artist who focuses on social justice, equality, and peace. 



Starting at 2:27 in the video what does Wyclef Jean want from the government? What is he revolting against? Give at least 5 examples, rewind the video if it help!

YOU DO:

Watch the video and read the following passage and fill out the Anatomy of Revolution graphic organizer:





The Haitian Revolution has often been described as the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere.  Slaves initiated the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending not just slavery but French control over the colony.  The Haitian Revolution, however, was much more complex, consisting of several revolutions going on simultaneously. These revolutions were influenced by the French revolution of 1789, which would come to represent a new concept of human rights, universal citizenship, and participation in government. 

In the 18th century, Saint Dominigue, as Haiti was then known, became France's wealthiest overseas colony, largely because of its production of sugar, coffee, indigo, and cotton generated by an enslaved labor force.  When the French revolution broke out in 1789 there were five distinct sets of interest groups in the colony. There were white planters -- who owned the plantations and the slaves -- and petit blancs, who were artisans, shop keepers and teachers.  Some of them also owned a few slaves.  Together they numbered 40,000 of the colony’s residents.  Many of the whites on Saint Dominigue began to support an independence movement that began when France imposed steep tariffs on the items imported into the colony.  The planters were extremely disenchanted with France because they were forbidden to trade with any other nation.  Furthermore, the white population of Saint-Dominique did not have any representation in France.  Despite their calls for independence, both the planters and petit blancs remained committed to the institution of slavery.   

The three remaining groups were of African descent, those who were free, those who were slaves, and those who had run away. There were about 30,000 free black people in 1789.  Half of them were mulatto and often they were wealthier than the petit blancs. The slave population was close to 500,000. The runaway slaves were called maroons; they had retreated deep into the mountains of Saint Dominigue and lived off subsistence farming.  Haiti had a history of slave rebellions; the slaves were never willing to submit to their status and with their strength in numbers (10 to 1) colonial officials and planters did all that was possible to control them. Despite the harshness and cruelty of Saint Dominigue slavery, there were slave rebellions before 1791. One plot involved the poisoning of masters. 

Inspired by events in France, a number of Haitian-born revolutionary movements emerged simultaneously.  They used as their inspiration the French Revolution’s “Declaration of the Rights of Man.”  The General Assembly in Paris responded by enacting legislation which gave the various colonies some autonomy at the local level.  The legislation, which called for “all local proprietors...to be active citizens,” was both ambiguous and radical.  It was interpreted in Saint Dominigue as applying only to the planter class and thus excluded petit blancs from government.  Yet it allowed free citizens of color who were substantial property owners to participate.  This legislation, promulgated in Paris to keep Saint Dominigue in the colonial empire, instead generated a three-sided civil war between the planters, free blacks and the petit blancs.  However, all three groups would be challenged by the enslaved black majority which was also influenced and inspired by events in France.   

Led by former slave Toussaint l’Overture, the enslaved would act first, rebelling against the planters on August 21, 1791. By 1792 they controlled a third of the island.  Despite reinforcements from France, the area of the colony held by the rebels grew as did the violence on both sides.  Before the fighting ended 100,000 of the 500,000 blacks and 24,000 of the 40,000 whites were killed.  Nonetheless the former slaves managed to stave off both the French forces and the British who arrived in 1793 to conquer the colony, and who withdrew in 1798 after a series of defeats by l’Overture’s forces.  By 1801 l’Overture expanded the revolution beyond Haiti, conquering the neighboring Spanish colony of Santo Domingo (present-day Dominican Republic).  He abolished slavery in the Spanish-speaking colony and declared himself Governor-General for life over the entire island of Hispaniola. 

At that moment the Haitian Revolution had outlasted the French Revolution which had been its inspiration.  Napoleon Bonaparte, now the ruler of France, dispatched General Charles Leclerc, his brother-in-law, and 43,000 French troops to capture L’Overture and restore both French rule and slavery.  L’Overture was taken and sent to France where he died in prison in 1803.  Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of l’Overture’s generals and himself a former slave, led the revolutionaries at the Battle of Vertieres on November 18, 1803 where the French forces were defeated.  On January 1, 1804, Dessalines declared the nation independent and renamed it Haiti.  France became the first nation to recognize its independence.  Haiti thus emerged as the first black republic in the world, and the second nation in the western hemisphere (after the United States) to win its independence from a European power. 

EXIT TICKET:

  • Log on to www.edmodo.com and answer the question provided.
  • Thank you!


Sources:
Thomas O. Ott, The Haitian Revolution 1789-1804 (Knoxville, Tennessee:University of Tennessee, 1973); http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p2990.html - See more at: http://www.blackpast.org/gah/haitian-revolution-1791-1804#sthash.3DHgJKCu.dpuf

Declaration of the Rights of Man




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