Emmett Till

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English, History, Social Studies

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8th Grade

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Easy

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CCSS

RL.7.9, RI.7.2, RI.7.10

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Kyra Rivera

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4 Slides • 8 Questions

Emitt Till

Learning Targets

I can analyze the separate but equal doctrine and explain why these laws were unjust.

I can use items about the civil rights era to build background knowledge about A Mighty Long Way/Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry.

Emmett Till

On August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier.

Multiple Choice

Who was Emmett Till?

He was an African American teen

He was a white man

He was a African American man

He was mexican

Multiple Choice

Why did the jury acquit Milam and Bryant of the murder of Emmett Till?

The jury ruled that Emmett deserved to die.

Mose Wright identified Milam and Bryant.

The sheriff testified that there was no way to positively identify the body.

The racist jury sided with Bryant and Milam.

Multiple Choice

Why did Mamie Till have an open casket?

She wanted to show the people what the men had done to her boy. They beat him to the point where he was unrecognizable.

She wanted publicity for her boy

She wanted attention while mourning for her boy

She did not want an open casket she was forced to have an open casket

Multiple Choice

What happened to the two men that brutally killed Emmett Till?

They received the death penalty

Nothing, they were acquitted

Life in jail, no parole

They were murdered

Multiple Choice

What decision did Emmett's mother make that impacted the Civil Rights movement?

Spoke out on the news

Testified in court

Had an open casket funeral

Marched in Mississippi

Multiple Choice

Why was Emmett Till in Mississippi?

To visit his family

To go on vaction

For school

Multiple Choice

Where did Emmett Till die?

Richmond

Alabama

Money, Mississippi

New York City

Multiple Choice

Where was Emmett Till born?

Richmond

Chicago

New York

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