Monday 12/11

Sorry Gang, another atypical sick-out for me. Nothing too serious, I hope to be back tomorrow. 😐

Do Now: Answer these two questions

As you read and then watch the video today, add to your notes from Friday.

Reading:
The 1920s saw the foundations of Eugenics in the United States, which later inspired Hitler and his ideas of race and the "science" that he used to convince people he was right.
Eugenics and the Nazis -- the California connection

Video:
War on the Weak - Eugenics in America

Debrief: Answer these questions based on the reading (tip: you might want to read these before completing the reading)

Homework: Watch this additional video, take notes minimum 1 page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nshj9rCTPdE

Friday 12/8

I'm out sick today.

Please follow of the following instructions and complete these steps during today's class period.

Do Now: Answer these 3 questions, in complete sentences (you should be responding in multiple sentences to each questions) (10 minutes)

ClassWork:

As you watch the following videos (using CC helps - wear headphones unless sub is Marshall or Schabot, then maybe have them hook one of your laptops up to the screen so you can watch videos together), please take notes in your notebook.

Video (KKK) (5:38)



Video (Rachel Maddow on Eugenics) (16:20)

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/us-anti-immigrant-policy-has-roots-in-racist-eugenics-1040171075807

Reading: Make note, this is a bit of a long read, but will be worth it. Honors, this might help you decide if this is a topic you want to investigate more and is a source you could use when writing your paper. Continue to add to your notes on Eugenics from the Maddow Video

The New Yorker: The Forgotten Lessons of the American Eugenics Movement

Debrief: click & respond to these questions

Thursday 12/7

DLT. I can consider the parallels between political rhetoric around race in the 1920s and today

Do Now: Read the LETTER TO WOODROW WILSON from the blog. What are the main ideas / things the author is trying to accomplish? [GTG to inbox]

the NAACP - Oldest and Boldest

South Carolina Sheriff Says NAACP Is A ‘Racist Group’ Like The KKK

Politicians blamed ‘both sides’ during the civil rights movement: KKK and the NAACP




Open Letter to Woodrow Wilson W.E.B. DuBois March 1913

Message from the Klan, 2016

Wednesday 12/6

Remember: The Memorial for Ms. Pfeifer is today in the library after school if you want to go.

Wednesday 12/6

DLT. I can examine opposing views around race in the US in the 1920s Do Now:  Open your file for your diary, get your cover out and your interview notes. Mini-Lesson How to print a booklet Apply Printing and assembling Klan Speech Ku Klux Klan in the1920s Overview & Speech  Debrief: In what ways are the views of the Klan in the 20s similar or different to some view people have today. Homework: Incomplete work from Tuesday due tomorrow CT:  responsibility HOW:          2

Tuesday 12/5

DLT. . I can explore selected pieces from influential writer of the Harlem Renaissance

Do Now: notebook: With the people sitting near you, discuss last night’s video. What did you have in common in your reactions to LH’s poetry?

Classwork: 

1) complete "getting the gist" protocol on the piece you read yesterday (skills target 4 grade)

Getting The Gist Document

8-10 sentences to summarize the text you read – USING ALL 15 WORDS you identified. Please highlight the words

[+honors]
2) Mark up the poems (3 for honors, 1 for CP) with annotations in your packet from yesterday. after each one write a brief (3-5 sentences) response, explaining your response and how it connects to the larger themes [Relief, Joy, Loss, Survival, community, sense of self, pride, belonging, celebration, mourning, ]of the Harlem Renaissance, and consider the questions below to guide your annotations (skills target 1 grade)

1. What is the subject matter?
2. How does this reflect the themes of the Harlem Renaissance?
3. Questions You Have
4. Things that resonated with you

Debrief: Click Here

Homework:

Final Draft LT2 diary assignment due tomorrow (we will format and print in class and staple into your covers)

Monday 12/4

DO NOW CLICK HERE----> Harlem,  <------A Poem By Walter Dean Myers

Do Now: Read the poem to yourself (click “Harlem”) 2-3x. Try to VISUALIZE the store as you read. Jot down any PLACES the author mentions in this poem. Select your favorite line and write it down / be ready to share

Illustrated



Harlem Renaissance Overview (YouTube)

Poems from Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson & Countee Cullen
Excerpts from Zora Neal Nurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
Excerpts from Alain Locke's "Enter the New Negro"

answer the following questions about the documents: Who is the intended audience? What is the subject matter? How does this reflect the themes of the Harlem Renaissance?

11.4 Shared Doc - Add comments based on your discussion and add your initials after what you write
11.5 Shared Doc
11.6 Shared Doc

DEBRIEF CLICK HERE



Homework:Crash Course Langston Hughes & the Harlem Renaissance
Write 1/2 page or more: your reactions to the featured Langston Hughes poem. What do you like or not like and WHY?

December One. Twenty Seventeen

Click here for Do Now Questions

Today we'll finish up the jigsaw from 2 days ago on this text
completed notecatcher here



Crash Course The Roaring 20s on YouTube

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Homework:

Diary revisions due Wednesday. For Monday: 1 page typed share via OneDrive “How was the 1920s an era of tension between tradition and change?”