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.