- 4. PollPlease save your changes before editing any questions.30 secondsNA
How have you learned about the Civil Rights Movement
I have not learned at all about the Civil Rights Movement
I learned the traditional narrative - 1954-1965 (MLK and civil rights law)
I have learned to question the traditional narrative but have not been taught how
I have learned to question the traditional narrative and have examples of how.
- 5. Slide
However we have learned - we must remember that race and racism are at the crux of our civil rights dilemma. If you think that certain racial groups are superior or inferior simply because of race - this is what contributes to persistent systemic inequality.
Please watch the video linked to better understand the systemic nature of racial discrimination in America.
What's important to remember?
- 6. Multiple-choicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.30 seconds1 pt
What is Systemic Racism?
Racism that is intentional and individual-based.
Racism that is built into institutions and systems.
Racism that only exists in the United States.
Racism that is caused by individuals' personal beliefs.
- 7. Multiple-choicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.30 seconds1 pt
Which of the following is an example of systemic racism?
An individual racist person refusing to hire someone based on the color of their skin.
A company only recruiting from predominately white communities.
A person making a racist joke to their friend at work.
An individual expressing a racist idea on social media.
- 8. Multiple-choicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.45 seconds1 pt
The reason why Systemic Racism is so hard to deal with in a way that would lessen it's effects is because of which of the following: (There may be more than one write answer)
Implicit Bias
Explicit Bias
Too many really racist people.
Too many people who just can't stop making race an issue - systemic racism would go away if people stopped making race a big thing.
- 9. Slide
Do the legal remedies created at the end of the civil rights movement deal with the underlying problem?
Why is Anti-Racism so important but also controversial?
Does Malcolm X make a good point?
- 11. Multiple-choicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.30 seconds1 pt
John Green argues that the 1950's was a time where most American's came to view America as an exceptional place and drew stark comparison's between us and the rest of the world - especially communist nations. This is called what?
American Consensus Culture
Americanization
The roaring 50s
The Age of American Joy
- 12. Slide
Listen to John Green extend the context of the 1950s. Then take a close look at these criticisms.
C. Wright Mills - who was he and what did he stand for?
The Dark side of the early 1950s - McCarthyism
Critics of 1950s - Video
The 1950s - Consensus vs Criticism
- 13. Open-endedPlease save your changes before editing any questions.1 minute1 pt
John Green also points out that this Consensus Culture is most widely accepted by what type of American historian or citizen?
- 14. Open-endedPlease save your changes before editing any questions.3 minutes1 pt
What have you learned so far concerning the 1950s and the civil right's movement? Why is this CONTEXT important to understand as we seek to extend the traditional view of the Civil Rights movement?
- 15. Slide
Looking closely at modern day depictions of the 1950s can help us better understand what consensus culture was and how it helped to create many of our modern day views of what makes America work and prosper.
Starting with a model
- 16. Video ResponsePlease save your changes before editing any questions.10 minutes1 pt
On your own or with one or two others, please talk about how the video by CBS Sunday Morning help to outline why some American's view the 1950s as being a time "When America was Great". Is there view accurate or is it based on a media generated myth? How does this help you better understand some American's reluctance to discuss and unpack issues of systemic racism?
Participants record a response2 min video
