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Week	Details & links	Assessed work / further work / QMA	My Learning	My Thinking	My Research	My Feelings	My Peers
42	Background to Civil Rights in the USA Why were so many black people in America? Brief look at slavery, the American civil war, the emancipation of the slaves. What challenges had black people overcome and what challenges did they still face? Background to civil rights - TS
43 & 44	Did Black Americans gain their freedom? Understand white attitudes to freed black Americans. What was segregation? What was the Ku Klux Klan? Segregation and the KKK - TS
45	Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus botcott What did Rosa Parks do and why was it significant? Why was it a success for the civil rights movement? Millionaire starter-TS
46 & 47	Martin Luther King Who was Martin Luther King? What did he do for the civil rights movement? How important was his work? Martin Luther King Speech - TS
48 & 49	Malcolm X How was Malcolm X different to Martin Luther King? What impact did Malcolm X have and how did it impact on the movement? Conclusion: Which advanced the civil rights movement the most; violent or non-violent methods?
50	The role of white Americans in the civil rights movement To what extent did whites both help and hinder the campaign? Look at the white American public and the role of various Presidents
51	How far have black people now achieved equal civil rights in the USA
52, 53 & 54	Link to Apartheid in South Africa Key individuals (Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko) Soweto Uprising (link school) National Anthem An Apartheid State - TS
55 -	Historical Topic within the C20th or C21st Present a mini-project on a topic of their choice