HISTORICAL CONTEXT of REMEMBER THE TITANS - Year 10 English

In preparation for your first viewing of Remember the Titans research to find answers to the following questions:

Contextual Reference 1: Martin Luther King Jnr
a) Who was Martin Luther King Jnr?
b) What did he do?
c) What was his attitude to racial segregation in the United States?
d) What action did Martin Luther King Jnr take to improve race relations?

Websites: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/king_martin_luther.shtml

Contextual Reference 2: Black Power Salute
a) What was the Black Power Salute?
b) Who was involved?
c) When and where did this salute happen?
d) Why did the athletes make this salute?
e) What did the salute represent?

Websites:
https://coral.uchicago.edu:8443/display/chicago68/Black+Power+Salute+at+Mexico+City+Olympic+Gameshttp://www.infoplease.com/spot/summer-olympics-mexico-city.html

Contextual Reference 3: The Battle of Gettysburg
a) The Battle of Gettysburg was part of the American civil war – Why did the civil war begin? Who was fighting who? About what?
b) How many casualties were there?
Website:
http://www.gettysburg.com/bog/bogstory/story1.htm (Read page 1 and 2)http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/pa002.htm

Contextual Reference 4: The Integration of Schools
Go to the following website http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

a) What happened in 1971?
b) Click on the word ‘integration’ and explain what this event, as part of the civil rights movement, referred to?