Week 11-12 :)

Hello Everyone!

Seeing as the Math Nat'l Tests will take place Tue, Thurs, and Fri of Week 13, we've been spending a little extra time on Math Review...


You will see several review homeworks over the next couple of weeks.

The first (given yesterday) is a 2 page Algebra practice.

We will cover/review 6 different units, but the work load will not be too heavy.


In English and SO, we've been working with To Kill A Mockingbird and the history of the American South and African American struggles...

This week we studied the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King, Jr.

The kids will be writing a 5 paragraph thought essay on a film they saw and based on 2 sworn affidavits from African Americans that were brutalized during the Civil Rights Movement (taken from Mississippi Black Paper, Testimonies of Police Brutality from 1965)

Homework on this will be: (the students do not have a hard copy of this as the printer was malfunctioning. They will have to use the blog. They can do this on the computer if desired)

Hello students! You will read the 2 copied affidavits from the book Mississippi Black Paper, and write a 5 paragarpah ”Thought Essay” on what you think about the Civil Rights Movement and the police brutality you've learned about.

Include these 5 sections:

Intro

Background on the CRM

Important facts from the movie

Your own opinion about the 2 affidavits

Questions to thnk about and include in the essay

Conclusion

HOMEWORK: WEEK 11

How will you form your paragraphs/essay?

Use the space below and/or a seperate paper to outline your essay…

Make sure you include the 5 above sections!

Paragraph 1: __________________________

·         Points

·         Explanations

·         Examples

Paragraph 2: __________________________

·         Points

·         Explanations

·         Examples

Paragraph 3: __________________________

·         Points

·         Explanations

·         Examples

Paragraph 4: __________________________

·         Points

·         Explanations

·         Examples

Paragraph 5: __________________________

·         Points

·         Explanations

·         Examples

Questions to answer and include in the essay

Why were the African Americans treated this way?

What were the whites afraid of?

Why did the police use such extreme tactics?

Why was segregation still practiced in southern states in the middle of the 20th century, despite the passage of constitutional amendments prohibiting segregation following the Civil War?

A bit on Martin Luther King, Jr.

How could we remember the stories of those that were NOT as famous as MLK, but still went through the CRM?

Why was Mississippi Black Paper written?

Why do you think racism still exists today?

How will you ”weave” the answers to these questions into your essay? Explain below or on seperate sheet…