12/19/14

Final Drafts of Historical Fiction/Tulsa Race Riots Due Today
Full credit requires that you turn in:

•  your writing
• film notes
• historical research
• role play notes

12/12/14

Tulsa Race Riots Research- due Monday, 12-15-14
Historical Fiction Assignment- due Wednesday 12-17-14

Dec. 10, 2014

*Bring earphones to class on Friday
*Bring a multnomah library card and pin number

Monday, Dec. 8

Reconstruction Key Terms Quiz

December 2

Make sure you have read 2 articles about Ferguson and finished answering questions on your article excerpt for class on Wed. 12/3

Ferguson Sources
(You only need to read the ones assigned to you.)

You should have turned in your paragraph about Birth of a Nation  as well as your text collage.


Homework Friday 12-5
Study your character sheet and be prepared to talk in detail about your situation in class on Friday.

November 24

Homework for 11/24- Finish rough draft paragraph answering one of the following questions:

1. Why did the NAACP, which had a record of defending First Amendment rights of free expression, urge officials to prohibit the showing of the film and/or delete certain scenes?
2. Why were local and state governments reluctant to censor Birth of a Nation?
3. What do these documents reveal about the NAACP as an organization?
4. What do these documents reveal about the nature, extent, and acceptance of racism at this point in American history?
5. Was the NAACP justified in trying to censor Birth of a Nation?

Birth of a Nation: Sources 1,2, 4
Birth of a Nation Source 3

Birth of  A Nation Clips and Slides

November 18

HW for Wed, 11/20
Finish reading/highlighting the article on Birth of a Nation
Answer questions on the worksheet.

Nov 17

For Monday Complete your Timeline.
Review notes on the 14th Amendment.

1824-1854 Racial Timeline
1857-1904 Racial Timeline
1905-1935 Racial Timeline
Oregon Timeline

All rewrites due before Thanksgiving.  See me if you have questions.

November 7

Homework:
1) Complete all key terms from Reconstruction Reading. (password is and always is gocards)
2) Select 5 events that you believe are the most significant and be prepared to explain why.

Nov 3

For class on Monday, read the Intro to Reconstruction.
Highlight and complete graphic organizer on final page.

October 26

Homework for 10/28.
Read the Article about Eugenics.
Choose one of the 3 questions at the end to respond to.  Write 5-8 sentences.

Oct. 1

Read Western Expansion through p. 14
Completed Paragraph on Critical Race Theory due today
Final Paragraph Draft due 10/3

Sept. 22

Next class we will begin working on our first academic writing.  You will select one of the prompts below as your topic:

1. Distinguish prejudice from racism.
2. To what extent is self imposed racial preference (i.e. segregation) in social/academic settings advantageous?
3. Based on Tatum’s text, how does White privilege affect social or academic dynamics at Lincoln High School?
4. Based on Source A, explain the origins of social stereotyping.

Sept 18-19

Online Research Form

Sept 15-19

Homework shows what is due on the date.

HW due on Monday 9/15: 
1) Complete Reading Sources B, G, H.  Take notes.

HW due on Tuesday-Wed. 9/16-17: 
Finish reading and taking notes on all Sources.
Be prepare for (graded) in-class seminar.
*Optional work on For my People poem for 9/18-19

HW due onThursday - Friday 9/18-19
For my People poem

September 11-12

Homework: Finish your personal For my People Poem.

Welcome!

Here you will find assignments and resources for class!

US Ethnic Studies Syllabus

Homework due Monday, September 8:
Narrate your first memory in which race plays a significant role.
Type your answer.
Bring 2 copies to class.
One copy should have your name on it, the other should not.