"Current" Events:
Objective:
Warm-up:
1) Meet the photo.
Quickly scan the photo. What do you notice first?
2) Observe its parts.
List the people, objects and activities you see. Write one sentence summarizing this photo.
3) Try to make sense of it.
Answer as best you can. The caption, if available, may help. Who took this photo? Where is it from? When is it from? What was happening at the time in history this photo was taken? Why was it taken? List evidence from the photo or your knowledge about the photographer that led you to your conclusion.
4) Use it as historical evidence.
What did you find out from this photo that you might not learn anywhere else? What other documents, photos, or historical evidence are you going to use to help you understand this event or topic?
Birmingham 1963:
Mississippi 1963:
Required Activity:
We will be reading the remaining pages of the PDF and responding to the remaining questions in Document 10 over the course of the rest of this week. You can complete the reading and question responses over the course of the week or all in one sitting.
DO NOT WRITE THE FRQ ON PAGES 4-5 OF DOCUMENT 10. YOU WILL BE COMPLETING THE CLAIM BASED FRQ ON SCHOOLOGY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15.
Closure:
- How do you define justice and injustice? What are unjust laws? How do you change an unjust law?
- Discuss the process by which these laws have been changed or could be changed.
Additional Activities:
2. Define/Contextualize through substantive due process