This activity is due Thursday.
Activities are intended to demonstrate how well you have understood the material and thought critically about the readings, lectures, DBs, and any other auxiliary materials we have considered in a unit. Activities require you to think deeply about your own interpretations of the material, but to also base your interpretation within the greater scholarly conversation that exists about the topic. Each Activity will require you to demonstrate this knowledge in a variety of ways. Be sure to read each prompt carefully and consult the rubric to meet all requirements.
Activities are worth 5 points each.
The rules for Activities are
Think carefully about the question and be ready to fully explain and justify your thoughts on the question.
Activities should be no less than 250 words in length.
Activities should include one quote from the readings. All quoted material must be cited in APA formatting, using parenthetical citations.
Activity 11: This activity considers the inclusion of women into roles during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Consider the following questions:
How did women view the racial struggles in the Civil Rights Movement?
How were women of color viewed within the Civil Rights Movement?
Why was Rosa Parks chosen to take the lead in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Are women more naturally inclined towards empathizing with minority groups?
Be sure to review the brief article on the Civil Rights Movement in the module to help with completing this assignment.
Check out this video before answering the prompt-
Activity 11 Prompt-
Analyze how women worked within the Civil Rights Movement. Explain how the movement helped women to gain better opportunities, but also restricted women’s voices.
Clear and specific references to the assigned class materials is required. Place your response in the context of the period covered in our class so far.
