TOPIC 8.11
The Civil Rights
Movement Expands
THEMATIC FOCUS Social Structures (SOC)
Social categories, roles, and practices are created, maintained, challenged, and
transformed throughout American history, shaping government policy, economic
systems, culture, and the lives of citizens.
Learning Objective L: Explain how and why various groups responded to calls for the expansion of civil rights from 1960 to 1980.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC- 1
Latino, American Indian, and Asian American movements continued to demand social and economic equality and a redress of past injustices.
KC- 2
Feminist and gay and lesbian activists mobilized behind claims for legal, economic, and social equality.
KC- 3
Feminists who participated in the counterculture of the 1960s rejected many of the social, economic, and political values of their parents’ generation and advocated changes in sexual norms.
Details, details, details...
Social categories, roles, and practices are created, maintained, challenged, and
transformed throughout American history, shaping government policy, economic
systems, culture, and the lives of citizens.
Learning Objective L: Explain how and why various groups responded to calls for the expansion of civil rights from 1960 to 1980.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC- 1
Latino, American Indian, and Asian American movements continued to demand social and economic equality and a redress of past injustices.
KC- 2
Feminist and gay and lesbian activists mobilized behind claims for legal, economic, and social equality.
KC- 3
Feminists who participated in the counterculture of the 1960s rejected many of the social, economic, and political values of their parents’ generation and advocated changes in sexual norms.
Details, details, details...
