WE COMPLETE OUR VIEWING our viewing of the documentary Freedom Riders this week, and we will likewise finish reading the graphic novel March Book 2 by Monday. Next week, students will begin watching a documentary on the life on John Lewis which was just released, approximately two weeks ago. Additionally, we will be in the library completing a research project on an individual from the time period that you think is interesting, intriguing, or otherwise important.

Monday

No school for a teacher institute day.
HW: Read up through and including page 98 of our text.

Tuesday

Continuing with the docuementary Freedom Riders. Please continue taking notes on the interesting and important people that we meet in the film.
HW: Catch up day. If you are behind in your reading, get caught up!

Wednesday

Completing a See-Think-Question for the Norman Rockwell painting, "The Problem We All Live With," analyzing the painting by considering what we factually see, deciding what interpretations we can reasonably make, and writing questions that address what we can't possibly know by looking.
HW: Write a half-to-one page long interpretation of the painting. What does the painting mean? What was the painter intending to show us, the viewers? What does he want us to think about?

Thursday

Starting with a read aloud, reading the analytical paragraphs written for homework. Mrs. Rabin and Mr. Easton will discuss their interpretations of the painting. Students will spend 15 minutes additng to and revising their paragraphs on the painting. We will finish class by returning to the documentary, Freedom Riders.
HW: Reading pages 99-118.

Friday

Discussion of last night's reading. What are some of the struggles that John Lewis is experiencing while working in the larger civil rights movement?
HW: Reading pages 119-142.