Power Shift: Background Knowledge

Directions:

1. For each section write down the guiding questions/topics in your notebook. These will be our framework for our discussion next class. Please take notes on all of the links/footage.

Note: We will have a socratic seminar and quiz during our next class.

2. Complete any assignment highlighted in orange.

3. EVERYTHING on this post is due by next class.

Section 1: Power and Oppression

How does oppression work? What does it look like, feel like, sound like? How do humans maintain power?

Cultural Symbols: Does changing the currency (money) of a country matter? Why? How does this relate to power?

http://www.womenon20s.org/primaries  

Jim Crow Laws
Look over these examples of Jim Crow laws. In your notebook, write down a few laws that stand out to you. Also, be sure to write down a synthesis of what you understand about the Jim Crow era, taking into account the Origins, Purpose, Values/Beliefs, and Limitations of the system.

Examples of Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Museum
Center for Human Rights

Listen to this talk about what oppression feels like to someone. Be prepared to discuss your understanding/take away.

Assignment: 

Find an example from another country that is similar to the Jim Crow era or an example similar to what Panti is describing.  

Post it on your blog and discuss your thoughts. Entitle the post, "Oppression."

Section 2: Acts of Resistance

Watch the first 5 minutes of this footage from the Selma to Montgomery march. You do not need to watch the entire thing. What do you notice?



Watch 5-10 minutes of the documentaries below and note the tactics of resistance used to shift power. (I recommend that you consider watching the full documentaries if you have time!)

Fighting Against Institutionalized Racism

Massie Case in Hawaii

Assignment: 

Find an example from another country with similar acts of resistance. 

Post it on your blog and discuss your thoughts. Entitle the post, "Acts of Resistance: Cross-Cultural Comparison"

Section 3: Change Takes Numbers

To better understand our Democracy, please paraphrase the Bill of Rights in your notebook and be prepared to discuss in class.