Mon.+March+26

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” This is the most important principle on which the United States of America was founded. However, its full realization has experienced a long, painful and bloody journey, costing hundreds of thousands of American lives. African-Americans’ history, experience, fate and future exemplify the racial challenges to the US. This session focuses on the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. We will see how Americans suffered from racial conflicts which almost destroyed their young country and how they found solutions that kept the United States of America one country, one nation, in which all ethnic groups could live together.
 * __Mon. March 26:__** **__Racial Challenges in America (1860s - 1960s)__**
 * Questions:**
 * What are the roots of slavery in North America?
 * Why is racial discrimination and conflict a cancer in the body of the United States of America?
 * What factors led to the Civil War? Could the Civil War have been avoided?
 * What were President Lincoln’s major contributions to the United States?
 * Why did the Civil Rights Movement succeed?
 * What is the significance of the Civil Rights Movement?
 * Is racial issue still a problem in today’s America?



//1)// //African Americans// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wnMDKYt-Fw
 * Documentary movies:**

//2)// //Gettysburg// //Address// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJnIz0J6P_E&feature=fvsr

//3) The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow// []

//4)// //I have a Dream// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57lotnKGF8&feature=related