The Watson's Go to Birmingham WebQuest

Introduction
  • Your task is to travel back in time and discover what life was like in the 1960's and to learn about the Civil Rights Movement.
  • You will visit different websites, and you will read and view different information and documents.
  • You will answer questions presented to you in this scavenger hunt.
  • Record your answers in your journal.
  • GOOD LUCK!
Task

 I. WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE DURING THE 1960'S?
    To find out, go to: American Cultural History 1960-1960

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html

Answer questions 1-6 using this website.

II. Visit the Civil Rights Movement Timeline webpage to answer the following
questions:

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

Answer questions 7-12 using this website.

III. WHY WAS BIRMINGHAM SO IMPORTANT IN 1963?

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

Answer questions 13 and 14 using this website.

IV. READ ABOUT THE INCIDENT AT WEST PARK (KELLY INGRAM)

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/civilrights/al10.htm

Answer questions 15-18 using this website.

V. READ ABOUT THE BOMBING AT THE SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/civilrights/al11.htm

Answer questions 19 and 20 using this website.

VI. REVIEW THE "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

Answer questions 21-23 using this website.

Make sure you and your partners names are on your paper!!!