Tuesday, March 7th Jigsaw Agenda Warm up Jigsaw On your warm up sheet complete the following: Use your notes from yesterday’s presentations to rank the TOP FIVE businesses in order of economic profit from largest to smallest. Be prepared to provide specific EVIDENCE! Which company has the greatest impact on the state of Georgia? Justify your answer with THREE pieces of evidence.

After you have completed your poster: People Jigsaw. You will read about THREE prominent figures in Atlanta history post WWII: Ivan Allen Jr, William B. Hartsfield, and Ellis Arnall. At your table, decide who is going to read each article. If you have FOUR people, TWO of you will read the same one. Read the article and answer the following questions on your own sheet of paper. Provide THREE prevalent facts about the person’s history. What role did the person play in our state and for how many years? (governor, mayor, senator) What contributions did he make to improve Georgia? Economy Civil Rights Other

William B. Hartsfield Mayor of Atlanta for SIX terms 1937 – 1941 and 1942 – 1961 Did not finish high school or college, but was admitted by the Georgia Bar and opened his own law practice AVIATION: Credited for developing Atlanta into the aviation powerhouse that it is today Helped establish Atlanta’s first airport ECONOMY: Helped the city recover from the Great Depression Guided the city through WWII Atlanta tripled in size from 37 to 128 square miles Oversaw the building of the expressway system and several city parks Civil Rights: Created the image of “The City too Busy to Hate” Built a biracial coalition that was useful at the beginning of the civil rights movement Helped the city PEACEFULLY integrate its public schools

Ivan Allen Jr. Mayor of Atlanta 1962 – 1970 ECONOMY: CIVIL RIGHTS: Prior to mayor he was President of the Chamber of Commerce launching Forward Atlanta campaign to attract business Graduate of Georgia Tech and served in U.S. Army ECONOMY: 1965- brought Braves 1966- brought Falcons 1968- brought Hawks Atlanta ranked top ten in downtown construction with 55 new buildings 22,000 new jobs MARTA was proposed and mapped Oversaw early phases of construction of Interstate 285 and Downtown Connector CIVIL RIGHTS: Brokered a peaceful path to integration 1st day in office, ordered the removal of all “white” and “colored” signs from city hall and desegregated the cafeteria Authorized black policemen to arrest whites and hired the first black firefighters Worked with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Supported President Kennedy’s Civil Rights Act of 1964 Encouraged the desegregation of restaurants, hotels, and public facilities before the passing of the Civil Rights Act OTHER: Received Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize

Ellis Arnall Governor of Georgia 1943 – 1947 ECONOMY: CIVIL RIGHTS: Progressive and effective in the modern history of our state Youngest governor in the nation- Lost popularity because many white Georgians believed he was too liberal Three Governor Controversy ECONOMY: Paid off state debt of $36 million CIVIL RIGHTS: Refused to follow the lead of other Southern states and honored the court ruling of Repealed Poll Tax OTHER: Restored accreditation to Georgia’s institutions of higher learning Reformed the penal system (prison system) Lowered voting age Revised the state constitution Established teacher retirement system Fought against discriminatory railroad freight rates