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toc =Parting of the Waters= =AP US History Project= North Shore Country Day School Winnetka, Illinois US Kevin Randolph (krandolph@nscds.org) Vinnie Vrotny (vrotny@nscds.org)

Civil Rights Memorial (http://flickr.com/photos/sunsurfr/309871116/) Civil Rights Memorial Fountain ([|http://flickr.com/photos/52595331@N00/360628592/)=] = = =Overview=
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//"No, no, we are not satisfied and will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream."//

Dr. Martin Luther King wrote these words in his, "I have a dream" speech and it is a fitting metaphor for this project. References to water are interspersed throughout historical, artistic and narrative reflections on the Civil Rights movement. Historian Taylor Branch's Pulitzer Prize winning work on America in the King years is entitled, //Parting the Waters//, and designer Maya Lin made creative use of water in her spectacular memorial to Civil Rights heroes at the Southern Poverty and Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama.

2007 Vietnam - Final Projects

=Assignment= Now it is your turn to create of the parting of water in 2-4 minute Photostory, imovie, or Windows Media film. This film that must have still photos and a musical soundtrack which answers a question which is connected directly or indirectly to the Civil Rights Movement. You can work in a pair to make a film dealing with one of the first six topics, or you can work individually to complete a film on one of the topics in number seven.

1. The Gay Rights movement (Stonewall and beyond) 2. The American Indian Movement (Wounded Knee) 3. The creation of the American With Disabilities Act 4. The Feminist Movement (1960's-1970's) 5. The Civil Rights Movement II (1965-1980) 6. The Chicano Movement (Chavez) 7. Civil Rights Pioneer Series: Jackie Robinson, W.E.B. DuBois, Don Cornelius, Bayard Rustin, A. Philip Randolph
 * The available topics include:**

All elements used in the creation of this film must included in a citations form (weblinks) and should be incorporated into the credits of your film.

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=Process-TRIPVASES= Here is the form that you should follow in making a //short film// that will complete this assignment:
 * **Topic** || Select a general topic ||
 * **Research** || Dig for info about the topic including things you will cite ||
 * **Information ** || Gather and sort information and let a title emerge ||
 * **Plot ** || Plan the story you intend to tell by using the [|storyboard/script] technique* ||
 * **Visual Images** || Select specific images that match the storyboard and sync them ||
 * **Assemble** || Arrange the images, text, interview and narration segments into a rough, but coherent narrative ||
 * **Soundtrack** || Select songs (or parts of songs) that will comprise the soundtrack ||
 * **Explain ** || It is incumbent on the filmmaker to explain the vision….you should produce a 1-2 page explanation for your own benefit, as well as having something to turn in ||
 * **Share ** || You need to share your work with a larger audience for feedback ||