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Good morning. (: And Happy Thanksgiving! (Really.)

I decided to do something fun for you and (mom/dad). I guess I'm a little crazy after all. biggrin

So. Are you ready to hunt for your little gift. I'm sure once you have it, you're going to be like "What the..? This is it after all that work?" However, you better appreciate my thought process and sincerity at wanting to bother the crap out of you.

Okay. This is a scavenger hunt (in/around/outside the house only ... and El Paso).

(Haha. Just kidding. That would suck.) Anyway, yes, this is a scavenger hunt and I hope you enjoy it. To prevent cheating, your comrade next to you has a different path. Cheating? You ask. It's a scavenger hunt. You can't cheat! WRONG. My scavenger hunt involves riddles. So it's more of a riddle hunt. Yes. This is my riddle hunt for you. (:

Anyway. Let us begin.

First clue:

MUSH, MY LITTLE DOGGIES, MUSH.

Sorry. Just for money, right now. (:

MLK & SCLC
Jim Crow Laws (and pictures)
Civil Rights Act of 1968 (AKA Fair housing act)
W.E.B. Dubois
and Fannie Lou Hamer and MFDP


1st Slide
SCLC:
_MLK - preacher.rallyer. "He didn't wish for change; he changed things."
_non-violent civil disobedience and believed that it could use that to gain the civil rights
_Boycotts, and sit-ins
_ Albany Movement between 1961 and 1962, the Birmingham, Alabama Campaign and the March on Washington in the Summer of 1963

2nd Slide
Jim Crow Laws:
_state and local laws enacted in the Southern and border states of the United States and enforced between 1876 and 1965
_mandated "separate but equal"
_The Jim Crow period or the Jim Crow era refers to the time during which this practice occurred
_State-sponsored school segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education. Generally, the remaining Jim Crow laws were overruled by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act; none were in effect at the end of the 1960s
_Twenty-seven Jim Crow laws were passed in the Lone Star state from 1866 to 1958

3rd Slide
Civil Rights Act of 1968:
_AKA Fair Housing Act
_While the Civil Rights Act of 1866[1] prohibited discrimination in housing, there were no federal enforcement provisions. The 1968 expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, sex, (and as amended) handicap and family status. It also provided protection for civil rights workers
_The passage of the bill was largely spurred by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. a week before

4th Slide
W.E.B. Dubois:
_was an American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar.
_David Levering Lewis, a biographer, wrote, "In the course of his long, turbulent career, W.E.B. Du Bois attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of twentieth-century racism—scholarship, propaganda, integration, cultural and economic separatism, politics, international communism, expatriation, third world solidarity."
_"The Father of Pan-Africanism."
_helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909
_Du Bois published Harlem Renaissance
_increasingly radical

5th Slide
MFDP:
_Fannie Lou Hamer - Vice-Chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- electrifying speaker and constant champion of civil rights
_Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party was an American political party created in the state of Mississippi in 1964, during the civil rights movement
_assistance from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
_It was said to succeed in dramatizing the violence and injustice by which they claimed the white power structure governed Mississippi
_Atlantic City, New Jersey

Annotated Bib:
Schulke, Flip. Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: W. W. Norton, 1976. Martin Luther King, Jr is a documentary going from issues in Montgomery to advances in Memphis. It speaks of struggles placed before African Americans and how a preacher, King, was a source of non-violent strength. The portion used spoke of his demeanor and his moving speeches that rallied thousands of acivists. It is a very reliable source seeing as it was found in our school library and was published only a few years after the Civil Rights issues. There is also an introduction by Coretta Scott King.

The SAT reasoning test determines how well your mind functions on the basic. The questions are critical thinkers and measures how you analyze and solve problems. The SAT is most commonly take by seniors and juniors. The sections of the SAT are the writing, critical reading and mathematics. Each section gives a score of 200-800 with two writing subscores. The test is given seven times a year in USA owned land, and six times overseas. All sections are scored with the exception of one which is used to determine what questions may possibly be on future SAT tests. The tests always begins with the 25 minute essay, and ends with the 10 minute multiple choice writing. Any of the other sections are given in any order, which reduces cheating.

Test Date
April 1, 2006
May 6, 2006
June 3, 2006
October 14, 2006
November 4, 2006
December 2, 2006
January 27, 2007
March 10, 2007
May 5, 2007
June 2, 2007
October 6, 2007
November 3, 2007
December 1, 2007
January 26, 2008
March 1, 2008
May 3, 2008
June 7, 2008

Brad - He housed all meetings and multimedia. He kept on task and worked diligently on the project. He kept everyone else on task so that we could work effectively. I give him a 100.

Babu - Was completely prepared on the first meeting and attended all meetings. He kept on task and helped with the multimedia functions a lot. He also was the camera man in the interview. I give Babu a 100.

Anna - Got us the interview with the veteran and had all her research done. She attended all meetings and made sure everyone was on task. She also provided a book with primary source information in it. I give her a 100.

Jen - She provided transportation to and from the interview. She came prepared and kept everyone on task. She helped searching for pictures and video clips also. I give Jen a 100.

Boyle, David. "The Desert Storm." World War II In Photographs. N.p.: Rebo, 1998. The book used is a

compilation of hundreds of pictures from World War II alone. It houses images from every

theater and even close ups of important Generals, weapons and battles. We used The Desert Storm

(North Africa Front) pictures in our documentary. The book is extremely reliable. It has many

good reviews (as researched online) and is very accurate with authentic images from the correct

time.



Discovery Education. 2007. Discovery. 24 Feb. 2007 &http://www.unitedstreaming.com/&.

Discovery Educations: unitedstreaming is a real world media source. It houses hundreds of

videos most being award winning digital learning resources. It has a partnership with 25 public

television stations and is a favorite among teachers and parents. We used videos involving

WWII: The Africa Front and some documentaries abou Rommel. Overall, the source is highly

reliable and easy-to-use, with plenty of videos for our use.



Scheffle, Charles. Personal interview. 3 Mar. 2007. Charles Scheffle is an 87 year old veteran that

fought is WWII in the Africa Theater. He was more than willing to share his stories and

memories with us from that time. We were able to get personal inside opinions about leaders,

condition and battles by talking to him. He's a reliable primary source because he was a ground

soldier in WWII.



YouTube. 2007. 25 Feb. 2007 <http://www.youtube.com/>. YouTube is a free media website, where

the users post the videos they choose. Most videos are made by unprofessionals, but sometimes

you come across a film either taken from a proper website or created by a professional. We used

the video titled "WWII North Africa footage". YouTube is very reliable only if you

know what you're looking for and where to look. Other than that, I recommend staying away from

it.

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