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1 PICK-UP & READ THE ARTICLE. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS FOR THE READING.
U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM ON THIS DAY: American revolutionary Patrick Henry declared, "give me liberty, or give me death!"  Explorers Lewis and Clark, reached the Pacific coast, and began their return journey to the east.  Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy The state of Tennessee enacted a law that made it a crime for a teacher in any state-supported public school to teach any theory that was in contradiction to the Bible's account of man's creation The German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act. The act effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial legislative powers.  The U.S. Congress accepted the independence of the Philippines in During World War II, the U.S. government began evacuating Japanese-Americans from West Coast homes to detention centers.   U.S. President Reagan first proposed development of technology to intercept enemy missiles. The proposal became known as the Strategic Defense Initiative and "Star Wars."         BELL WORK: PICK-UP & READ THE ARTICLE. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS FOR THE READING. AGENDA: DISCUSS & COLLECT GLORY 6 SQUARE. DISCUSS THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS QUESTIONS. COMPLETE POST MOVIE HISTORICAL ACCURACY ASSIGNMENT FOR GLORY. SOUNDTRACK FRIDAY: POSTPONES TO MONDAY

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3 The 54th Massachusetts Corporal Thomas Searles Major Cabot Forbes
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw Private Silas Trip Sergeant Major John Rawlins Private Jupiter Sharts

4 Glory as History “Hollywood History” often falls short
What did Hollywood get wrong? Do the factual errors change the importance of the 54th?

5 Importance of Glory 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry fought
against notions of racial inferiority 54th was most famous and significant of all 166 black regiments in the Civil War Black soldiers formed a “liberating army” that defeated Confederacy, destroyed slavery, and dispelled stereotypes Movie reminds Americans of past injustice

6 A Real Hero: William Carney
First African-American to win Congressional Medal of Honor after 3-4 wounds at siege of Ft. Wagner Fought, was wounded, and discharged without a single cent of pay from U.S. Picked up flag after Shaw dropped it at battle of Fort Wagner. “The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground,” Sgt. William H. Carney

7 Civil War Casualties

8 The “Shaw Memorial,” Boston, dedicated May 1897
Conclusions . . . What do we learn about African-American history from Glory? The “Shaw Memorial,” Boston, dedicated May 1897


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