What's the Move?
Would this be considered a movement? Answer yes or no.
*200 students sign a petition asking for better school lunches.*
Yes.
Thousands of people gathered in 1963 to walk together through the streets of Washington, D.C. to demand jobs and freedom. What type of protest is this?
A march.
Where did the American Indian Movement start?
What was the civil rights movement?
Focused on having universal rights for all people, regardless of race.
Who refused to give up her seat on a bus during the civil rights movement?
Rosa Parks
What is it called when a group of people work together to create change?
A movement.
What type of protest tool is this: black students visited whites-only lunch counters and quietly waited there until the store closed, since the workers refused to serve them.
A sit-in.
What does 'sovereignty' mean?
The right of a nation to govern itself, make its own laws, and control its own land. (Native tribes are independent nations)
What is the definition of segregation?
The separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
Who said this?
"...my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What are the four components of a movement?
1. A problem
2. A goal
3. A group of people
4. An action
What was a famous boycott during the civil rights movement?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Name two of the four issues that led to the American Indian Movement forming.
Housing, health, welfare, police brutality.
These people rode buses from other states throughout the South to make sure that buses were integrated. What were they called?
Freedom Riders.
This powerful speaker and civil rights leader challenged the mainstream movement by advocating for black self-defense and empowerment "by any means necessary". Who was it?
Malcolm X
Name two movements that are happening today.
BLM movement, ICE OUT movement, NO KINGS movement, Palestine movement, Gun Control movement, Climate movement, etc.
Activists use this tool by handing out flyers, writing newspaper articles, and holding local meetings to educate citizens about the issues they want to fix.
Community awareness!
What is the symbol of the American Indian Movement AND what does it mean?
A fist with a two finger peace sign (victory sign). The closed fist was being used by lots of people, but the victory sign symbolizes how many people you need to start a movement; you can't do it alone.
What happened that caused a father to fight to ban segregation in public schools?
His daughter was not allowed to attend the school closest to her home as only white people were allowed to go there. She had to take a bus to the school across town.
What is the name of the founder and national director of the American Indian Movement?
Clyde Bellecourt or Nee-gon-we-way-we-dun (Thunder Before the Storm)
Name at least TWO of the three reasons that movements form.
1. Something feels unfair.
2. The people want rights or change.
3. The community has a problem or issue.
In 1969, AIM activists used this type of protest to take over and hold Alcatraz Island to protest broken treaties and demand their land back.
An occupation (or occupying land).
What is a "survival school"? AND for 50 bonus points: what was the name of AIM's first survival school?
A "survival school" is an alternative to public school that centers Indigenous culture over a Euro-centric perspective.
The name of AIM's first survival school was: Heart of the Earth.
What decade did the Civil Rights Act outlaw discrimination of all kinds? 50 bonus points if you remember the exact year.
1960s: It was The Civil Rights Act of 1964
What woman, along with Martin Luther King Jr., organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Jo Ann Robinson