Civil Rights - Rosa Parks

You conducted a Vocabulary Gallery Walk, copying the official definition and added a visual clue to help you remember the  term & definition for the following words:

• Activist
• Civil Rights
• Jim Crow Laws
• NAACP
• Lynching
• March (NOT the month!)
• Protest
• Segregation

You then completed an "Above the Line (What you Know)/Below the Line (What you Learned)" about Rosa Parks in your notebooks.  You could use the handout AFTER we tried it as a class. e also watched the short video from the same web site.

WQ: What do you know about the Civil Rights Movement? (bullet points!)
RQ: Summarize what you know about the Civil Rights Movement using 3 vocabulary words (1 paragraph),

WIL 4.4

You wrote WIL 4.4 in class today.


WIL 4.4 Means to an End
Does the end justify the means?
Basically, if the result or outcome is "good" does it matter what was done to achieve it? 
This is a famous question asked and answered by Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), an Italian philosopher who is considered to be the father of modern political thought & politics. 
What is your opinion?

Semantics - Word Choice/Meanings

Started by asking if you wanted a new phone.  Concluded with a more detailed question asking the same thing.  The objective was for you to realize how wording can reshape a question so pre-determined results could be obtained.  Essentially, polling & surveys can be easily manipulated.

We also finished yesterday's handout (Side 2 done in small groups).

WQ: What is the purpose of constantly testing nuclear weapons?

To Bomb or Not to Bomb

You picked up a handout and completed Side 1 (turned in at end of class)

We finished up the Atomic Weapons Discussion Slides.

WQ: Describe a time when you have felt guilty about something.  What caused it - how did you overcome it?

Atomics & the Nuclear Age

You picked up a handout of questions to help you review the video shown in class.  We've gone through most already, but the video puts pictures to what you've read/heard before.

WQ: What do you know about Nuclear Weapons?  What about Nuclear Power?  Does either scare you?  Why, or why not?  Explain your reasoning.

May the Fourth Be With You

We finished the WWII Slides as well as concluded the Zoot Suit Riots Analysis from last week.

WQ: What do YOU THINK could help solve the problem(s) of racial/ethnic conflict in our country?

WIL 4.3

Romo's Computer is DOWN!  I have a VERY basic connection, so this is al you get this week:

WIL 4.3 Racial/Ethnic Conflict
What do YOU THINK could help solve the problem(s) of racial/ethnic conflict in our country?
Refer to what we have studied in US History class!
End with 2 statements:
     What does Romo do well (strength)?
     What does Romo need to improve?