Your Task while Viewing Sue Monk Kidd’s novel The Secret Life of Bees takes place in America in the year 1964. The main character, Lily, is a white teenage girl with a black nanny named Rosaline. From the facts you are going to see about the 50’s and 60’s, what problems do you think may occur within the novel? Your answer should be at least two paragraphs long stating specific or general situations that Lily and Rosaline may face. You can make up a situation based on the facts within this slide show.
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1. Your Task while Viewing
Sue Monk Kidds novel The Secret Life of Bees takes place in America
in the year 1964.
The main character, Lily, is a white teenage girl with a black
nanny named Rosaline.
From the facts you are going to see about the 50s and 60s, what
problems do you think may occur within the novel?
Your answer should be at least two paragraphs long stating specific
or general situations that Lily and Rosaline may face. You can make
up a situation based on the facts within this slide
show.
2. America in the 1950s and 60s
3. Nuclear Scare
During the 50s and 60s Americans feared a nuclear war between the
U.S. and the USSR
American culture began to wrap around this fear.
Bomb shelters popped up in the backyards of many American
families.
4. Nuclear Scare
Even schools had special drills and procedures to follow in case of
an attack.
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5. The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights movement was a series of protests and
demonstrations towards equality before the law for African
Americans. This mostly occurs during the 1950s and 60s.
6. Segregation
Separate but equal was the basic point of segregation during this
time. It was the thought that African Americans could be separate
from the white society and still be equal.
7. Segregation
This means that blacks and whites would not sit in the same
schools, restaurants and other public places. Instead there were
separate restaurants and schools built for each race, and each
public area was supposed to be created and treated
equally.
8. The Civil Rights Movement
The inequality and mistreatment of blacks, inevitably led to
protest.
9. The Civil Rights Movement
Here are some examples of protests that occurred during this
time.
10. Civil Rights Movement
Ministers outside an F.W. Woolworth store in New York City, April
14, 1960, protest the store's lunch counter segregation at the
chain's southern branches.
11. Civil Rights Movement
A white youth matched strides with a negro student picketing the F.
W. Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, during a lunch
counter sit-down demonstration.
12. The Civil Rights Movement
1963, Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested and jailed during
anti-segregation protests in Birmingham; he writes his seminal
"Letter from Birmingham Jail," arguing that individuals have the
moral duty to disobey unjust laws.
13. The Civil Rights Movement
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Field Secretary
Cordell Reagon teaches a workshop on nonviolent tactics, Danville,
Viginia, 1962.
14. The Civil Rights Movement
Ronald Martin, Robert Patterson, and Mark Martin stage a sit-down
strike after being refused service at an F.W. Woolworth luncheon
counter, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1960.
15. The Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights protesters lying in street.
16. The Civil Rights Movement
In 1964 President Lyndon B Johnson signed The Civil Rights Act of
1964. This banned the separation or refusal of people in public
places due to race.
17. The Civil Rights Movement
This bill also included the right for African Americans to vote.
However, many states would try and make it difficult for blacks to
vote, either through violence, fear, or ridiculous tests and
requirements.
18. The Civil Rights Movement
A year later, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited
discriminatory voting practices that made it harder or sometimes
impossible for African Americans to vote.
19. Your Task
Sue Monk Kidds novel The Secret Life of Bees takes place in America
in the year 1964.
The main character, Lily, is a white teenage girl with a black
nanny named Rosaline.
From the facts you just learned about the 60s, what problems do you
think may occur within the novel?
Your answer should be at least two paragraphs long stating specific
or general situations that Lily and Rosaline may face. You can make
up a situation based on the facts within this slide
show.