Need some ideas please - my kid has to write a paper about 'Activist Social Reform Groups'

[Mind_your_head]

This is for a history class....go figure.

Groups that address gender and/or racism issues would be especially appreciated, I am told.

Now, I 'believe' my kid. I'm not so 'sure' about this assignment. Regardless, she's got to turn in a paper and asked me for some direction. What do y'all think? Suggestions? (she's still gotta turn in a paper).

TIA
M_Y_H

[SheilaT]

1. What grade level?

What exactly did the teacher put in writing as instructions for the paper?

[Mind_your_head]

4. College Senior. eom

[Sparkly]

5. Aw c'mon now... He or she can figure it out.

That's part of the work.

[Stinky The Clown]

9. Lemme guess ..... yer some eggheaded teacher.

I'd bet any damned thing you are.

[Sparkly]

11. Just for that, one week detention.

You wanna try for two, mister clown?

[Xipe Totec]

17. I'm with the clown on this one

a senior in college needs to know how to google, at the very least...

and help from parents at this late stage is gauche.

Oh, wait!

I'm with the teacher....

:rofl:

[Mind_your_head]

14. Of course. But she's just asking for some direction right now

And she's a great student - made the Dean's list most semesters. Trust me, she's got a helluva lot on her plate right now....a helluva lot. And so do I. She's just asking *me* (and now I'm asking DU) for a little help/direction.

TIA for any thoughts/ideas! :hi:

[LuckyLib]

10. Step back, Mom. She's a senior in college. She needs to do her own reading and research,

and unplug from Facebook long enough to come up with an idea.

[Brickbat]

12. Seriously.

[Mind_your_head]

18. LOL - funny you should say facebook, b/c I am absolutely the WORST facebooker on the intertubes!

I have an account, but I'm the WORST. I almost NEVER look at it. I certainly don't add anything to it.

:rofl:

[SheilaT]

24. a college senior should

be more than capable of doing assignments without parental help. I mean, really.

[Sparkly]

2. Suffragettes. nt

[barbtries]

3. have her google the aclu

and other groups - move on, code pink - go to their about pages and write about what she learns.

[TayTay]

6. Wobblies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World#Political_action_or_direct_action.3F

Cuz that is a cool name.

[Sparkly]

13. As opposed to Weebles

... who wobble but they don't fall down.

Sorry. It had to be said. :D

[TayTay]

35. LOL, I agree, it did n/t

[Chulanowa]

7. I'd suggest AIM, but i'm just a little biased

But really, it's a pretty interesting organization, and has a nice dash of radicalism to make the report colorful :D

[rwheeler31]

8. Protest music would be interesting.

[BeHereNow]

15. That gets my vote- Start with Woodie Guthrie!

Now those were some protest songs...
End with Billy Bragg.

BHN

[niyad]

34. or the weavers, and people like utah phillips

[elleng]

26. And great fun, enjoyable!

[NMDemDist2]

16. the Woman's Sufferage movement. They started with trying to give poor women birth control

and ended up getting women the vote

:hi:

[cbayer]

20. And that is a great story! I second this recommendation wholeheartedly.

:hi:

[niyad]

33. the seneca falls declaration had nothing to do with birth control

[Mind_your_head]

19. A big THANK YOU to those that offered some great ideas/direction.

It's VERY MUCH acknowledged and appreciated!

[elleng]

27. U.S, protest music:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=U.S.+protest+music&btnG=Google+Search

[Solomon]

21. A look at the original Black Panthers might be a fun

exercise.

[handmade34]

22. Southern Poverty Law Center

and NOW, NAACP, GLAAD...

You're a good Mom and as a former history teacher, the assignment sounds reasonable. There are too many to mention, local support groups for women and minorities...

[notadmblnd]

23. she can google NGO's

the Southern Poverty Law Center is a huge civil rights organization.

[The Midway Rebel]

25. "A" is for

abolition!



:eyes:

[Aragorn]

28. Labor Unions

because they promote rights of all sexes and ethnic groups at least indirectly. US Armed Forces (for an angle others may miss) for the same reasons.

[jinto86]

29. How about Bully Police USA

I wrote a paper on that organization (or the leader anyway) and it got me a B+ or A- I think, with a teacher that never gives As. Good cause, outside the norm, good story (though really really really sad) about how it came into being, just not sure if it will count.

[Mind_your_head]

30. Thanks to all!

Whether it's for this/a paper or not.....good reading! :hi:

[MrMickeysMom]

31. Woodie Guthrie and the underclass of the depression

through song!

[roody]

32. May I suggest Pastors for Peace or Witness for Peace?

[demwing]

36. Why do you put 'believe' and 'sure' in quote marks?

what is it you're not saying here? :)

[WonderGrunion]

37. It doesn't have to be a "nice" paper about a "positive" activists does it?

A scathing report about the Christian Coalition or the KKK could be in order.

[Eliminate_Capital]

38. The Black Panthers

One of the groups that came out of the Civil Rights Movement.