Malcolm+X

Articles Quarter Three and Four

=Malcolm X: "The Ballot or the Bullet" 3/25= Period 2: Day One: Read "Ballot or the Bullet" and "Message to the Grass Roots" Write a step of the argument and context, purpose, and starting point for each article. Day Two: Respond to Malcolm X's ideas with regard to current events, such as the Black Lives Matter movement. Write a question for the presenters about a point in the text or a concept from a speech.

Essay Question: Is it fair for Malcolm X to say that the people who chose to protest peacefully were manipulated into doing so?

Period 7: Day one: Read "Ballot or the Bullet" and "Message to the Grass Roots" Write: Pick 6 key terms from BOTH texts (e.g., 3 from each) and define them. A key term can be a metaphor. Which did you find most effective? Day Two: Respond to Malcolm X's ideas with regard to current events, such as the Black Lives Matter movement. Write a question for the presenters about a point in the text or a concept from a speech.

Essay Question: With Malcolm X's philosophy in mind, discuss the ethics of compromise.

Extra Credit for Period 7: listen to one of the links below and write a response. You can do all five links. [|House vs. Field Negro] [|Afraid to Bleed] [|Every Country in the UN gets one vote] [|March on Washington] [|Blacks sway political elections]

"Afro-American" is extra credit.