We will be reading various selections from the time period of the Civil Rights Movement. In order to understand the time periods these selections talk about we will be building a classroom timeline that goes from the 1600s through the 1960s.
TASK: We will be reading over the timeline. As we read through the timeline think about the different perspectives that there have been in regards to the rights of the African American. What different perspectives or points of view do you see regarding the equal rights of the African American? |
Unit Questions: How did the point of view of a white person differ from that of a black person during the Civil Rights Movement?
What other forms of inequality has our culture seen? How is inequality still seen today in our world? Our country? Our town? Our school? |
Short Stories and Articles of Interest
What do you do when you come across something that is difficult to read or is about something that is not familiar to you? Is it hard to stay focused? Do you have a strategy to help you ATTACK the passage? Follow "THE" strategy to help you understand difficult passages or passages that are about topics you are not familiar to you.
T -- read the TITLE; think... what do you think it's going to be about?
H -- read the HEADINGS; think.. What will be included about this topic? Was my prediction about the title correct? If there are no headings ask yourself: How is it organized?
E -- read EVERY first sentence of EVERY paragraph; think...what is the gist of this passage? What is it probably mostly about? What questions do I have that I think might be answered in this passage?
We will practice using THE strategy with the articles below.
T -- read the TITLE; think... what do you think it's going to be about?
H -- read the HEADINGS; think.. What will be included about this topic? Was my prediction about the title correct? If there are no headings ask yourself: How is it organized?
E -- read EVERY first sentence of EVERY paragraph; think...what is the gist of this passage? What is it probably mostly about? What questions do I have that I think might be answered in this passage?
We will practice using THE strategy with the articles below.