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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Tuesday, March 31st

Advanced American History

1.  Complete preparation for mock trial.    Mock trial will be conducted on Wednesday.


American Studies

In class, we finished notes on the context of the Civil Rights movement.  Items discussed included the development of Jim Crow laws and the beginning of change in the 1940's.  Understand the following:

Dejure/Defacto Segregation
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Impact of WWII
Truman's desegregation order
Brown v. Board of Ed (1954)

Assignment:  Read p. 589-96, questions 4,5,6.

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