Workshop

Today's Agenda

1. Review Timeline -- Did you miss any important events?
2. Brainstorm answer to "How did the Great Migration transform America?
3. What songs, photos, and poetry should be included in your project?
4. What can we do tonight or on Tuesday?

Tomorrow:

If for some reason there is a snow day on Tuesday, we will continue work on this project Thursday and into the next week. 

Final Assessment

Today's Agenda

1. Review project descriptor HERE
2. Conducting research for a project: What is an annotated bibliography? (Sample Chicago Bibliography)
3. Character Mapping HERE
4. Sample Projects Genocide Project & History Project & Muckraker Project

Interesting NYT article HERE

Couple of interesting sources: MOMA Great Migration Series & MFA

Songs of the Civil Rights Movement: Preview

Agenda:

1. A note on terminology and the power of language:

"This book covers a span of some one hundred years. As the narrative moves through time, the language changes to retain the authenticity of each era. The word "colored" is used during the portion of the book in which that term was a primary identifier for black people, that is, during the first two-thirds of the twentieth century, as evidenced by the colored high schools the people attended and the signage that directed them to segregated facilities. As the narrative moves into the 1960s, it shifts to the use of the term "black," after it gained popularity during the civil rights era, and then to both "black" and "African American" in the current era."

-Isabel Wilkerson, pp. 13-14 of The Warmth of Other Suns


2. Songs of the Civil Rights Movement

• overview
• NPR piece on "We Shall Overcome" 
• listen and follow along to "We Shall Overcome"  (lyrics), Mississippi Goddam, and Revolution
• Discussion

For Further Listening: "The Mix: Songs Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement"

Youtube video of Mahalia Jackson singing "We Shall Overcome"

Warmth of Other Suns Book Discussion

Today's Agenda

1. Review Text Rendering
2. Book Discussion

H.W.

1. Music constructed response due Monday, January 19th.
2. Part IV due on Thursday, January 22, 2014

The Warmth of Other Suns Audio

1. Reminder of homework (reading and constructed responses)
2. "40 acres and a mule" NPR radio segment 
3. Audio: "America, 1915-1970" (pp. 160-164) and "America, 1915-1975" (pp.177-179)
4. Questions

Reading Schedule

Writing, Reading, History Workshop

Today's Agenda

1. Complete constructed responses (poetry, short story, and music)
2. Complete mini-history project -- We will be sharing our projects next Tuesday. The class will evaluate student work and provide feedback that can be used for the media project at the end of the year. 
3. Read Part IV or V

Model Constructed Responses

H.W.

1. Music constructed response
2. Read to Part IV

Great Migration Music

Monday, January 12, 2014

Small Groups

Times Is Getting Harder

1. Discuss the question “What does the song suggest about blues musicians participating in the Great Migration?

When Do I Get to be Called a Man

2. What do the lyrics of this song indicate about Broonzy's Experiences in the North vs. the South?

Individual Assessment

Standards: WM-T, WM-E, RM-I

Back Water Blues

1. Listen and read through Broonzy Lyrics
2. Record lines that offer information about Southern and Northern life, as well as expectations of what life in the North would hold.
3. Write a constructed response that uses all three songs to describe the experiences of Southern Blacks who moved North.

Lyrics

Homework

1. Finish reading Part IV
2. Complete constructed response for reading

The Warmth of Other Suns Book Discussion

Today's Agenda

1. Reminder of Homework and Announcements (5 minutes)
2. Quietly locate a passage in Part III that you think answers the following question: What do you know about your character and the conditions in the South that will drive your character out of the South? (10 minutes)
3. Write down passage and explain the context of the passage -- think about character development. What have we learned about this individual? (15 minutes)
4. Class Discussion (25 - 30 minutes)

Homework

1. Read Part IV by Thursday, January 15th.
2. Constructed response for Blues Ain't no Mockingbird. Due Monday, January 12th.

The Warmth of Other Suns Audio

Wednesday, January 7, 2014

1. Reminder of homework (reading and constructed response).
2. Audio -- pages 38-46 and 89-94
3. Questions

Reading Schedule

History, Reading, Writing Workshop

Tuesday, January 6, 2014
Please use workshop time on the following:

1. Complete history project (in small groups)
2. Read Warmth of Other Suns (part IV)
3. Write constructed response for Blues Ain't No Mockingbird.

H.W. 

1. Read Warmth of Other Suns (part IV)
2. Write Constructed Response (due Monday, January 12th)

Blues Ain't No Mockingbird

Monday, January 5, 2014

1. Reminder about reading: Part IV must be read by Thursday, January 8th
2. Silently read Blues Ain't No Mockingbird (20 minutes)

Small Group Discussion (20 minutes)

1. What point of view is the story told from? Evidence?
2. What is the theme(s)? Evidence?
3. Why do you think the author wrote this story? Why do you think this?
4. Why is the piece called Blues Ain't No Mockingbird?
5. Prepare for text rendering discussion.

Large Group Share Out (5 Minutes)

H.W. Read, read, read :-).   (Consult Reading Schedule HERE)