1. History Detectives: Voting Rights in Mississippi, 1964

2. Daily Writing Write 3-4 sentences about a time that a promise made to you was broken and/or a thing that you had was taken away. How did you feel? How did you respond?

3. A History of the Mississippi Voting Rights Divide your paper into 4 sections and list (bullet points are ok) answers to these questions: – What were the rights given in this time period? – What were the causes of these rights given? – What were the rights taken in this time period? – What were the effects of these rights taken away?

4. Sharing Your Results Now, you will summarize what happened with regards to voting rights in your time period. Share the information in the form of a telegram. – Old-fashioned text message – Pay-per-word – You can only afford 30 words 

8. Your Telegrams… Should tell others what promises were made and/or broken related to voting One key date and event that your classmates should remember One prediction about the effect of the event

9. Time to Play Detective! 1.Read the documents in your packet. Make sure that you share the evidence with your group – but don’t let others hear your evidence! 2.Create a “What we know” list of your evidence – what are the facts that you have? 3.Complete the assignment on the top of your group role sheet