Assignments

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1	2 Frayer Visual Vocabulary 8 AM Based off the video, what do you think caused Martin Luther King Jr. to write this speech? 5 PM	3 Four Block Independent Reading Mondays 6 PM The Social Contract Unit Opener 3 PM Based off of the video, What was going on in America that led to MLK’s protests and eventual arrest? 6 PM	4	5	6 How do you think the children who lived through this hostile time felt about what was going on? Would you march with them today? 5 PM	7
8	9	10 Launch: Why might an individual fight for a cause that does not impact them directly? 6 PM What can you infer about how the larger society in Alabama felt towards African Americans by the way they treated these children protestors? If you were a child protesting during that time, how would you respond to the police violence? 6 PM	11 Identify the claim and the evidence for the claim from paragraph 8 of Dr. King’s Letter: 4 PM	12	13 Identify the claim and evidence found in your sections of the "Letter From Birmingham Jail" by Dr. King 3 PM	14
15	16	17	18 Annotation of Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King 3 PM	19	20	21
22	23 LAUNCH: What does it mean to PROTEST? Why do people do it? 2 PM Exit Ticket: Did the protest sign you choose make a strong argument or claim? What is the claim or argument made in your poster? 3 PM LAUNCH: What does it mean to PROTEST? Why do people do it? 2 PM	24 Choose one below to complete your See/Think/Wonder handout 2 PM	25	26 Protest Poster Project: Research and Developing images and claims 3 PM Launch: Use the poster to complete your See/Think/Wonder handout 3 PM Brain storm the social issue for your protest poster. 3 PM	27 Is this a strong Claim? 3 PM Take apart a poster to better understand how to make ours. 3 PM Why do protestors march? 3 PM	28
29 Is this a strong claim? Home Work 8 PM	30 Launch: After watching President Obama’s speech on social equality in America, which of the 4 social issues outlined, Prison reform Gender equality and women’s rights, Migrants Rights or LGBT Equality, Do you think he referred to the most? Which of these four social issues is your claim addressing? Why is it important to advocate for them? 6 PM Partner Review of your claim: Who is your partner? What is a strong graphic image that your partner choose? What is his or her claim? (write claim here) Report in your own words what your partner says is important about the claim? 2 PM	31 Partner Share out 3 PM Partner work: Get a partner to review your claim homework and complete the partner slide for you 6 PM	1	2 How can imagery be used to support the claims in your protest posters? 3 PM	3	4