Form 5 Week 1 Lent

Hi Form 5 and great to see the other class after a long time apart!

This week we will continue with Civil Rights in the 60s, and aim to finsh up pretty son. We will then cover protest Movements and Watergate before commencing our revision program.

Here is a PPT we will use in tomorrow's class: https://goo.gl/9m2cHq

Sme resources for this week:

News story on the EPI report on racial inequality:
https://psmag.com/economics/four-figures-that-explain-racial-inequality-in-america

 And the actual report: https://www.epi.org/publication/50-years-after-the-kerner-commission/

Here's the Crash Course episode on the 60s in the USA:

Homework this week:

Complete the essay from your workbook: 'The main achievement of the Civil Rights Movement was desegregating school'. How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

Due: Tuesday Week 2

And finally - an interesting article on Rome and the modern USA:

What the Fall of the Roman Republic Can Teach Us About America

Nonfiction MORTAL REPUBLIC How Rome Fell Into Tyranny By Edward J. Watts Illustrated. 336 pp. Basic Books. $32. Near the beginning of the third century B.C., the Republic of Rome faced an acute threat to its domination of the Italian peninsula.