Class Notes: Sept. 30, 2009

B-block

AGENDA :
1. Background and context for To Kill a Mockingbird: powerpoint presentation focused on the stock market crash, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, segregation in the South
2. Discussion of Depression research.

HOMEWORK: Read chapters 2 & 3 in TKMB and complete FQs.
Vocabulary quiz will be on Thursday, October 8.

C-block (Honors)

AGENDA :
1. Finish powerpoint presentation of context for Black Boy.
Here are some links related to the material we discussed today:

• Great website about World's Fairs with info about them and links to much more
• Mental Floss' choice of the most notable World's Fairs
• Another nice website on World's Fairs
  
• A wonderfully done website about segregation that tries to make you experience as well as understand the issue
• Website that suggests ways to break down stereotypes
• PBS website dealing with stereotypes between Westerners and the Middle East
• Race: The Power of an Illusion (PBS website)
  

2. Discussion of current stereotypical images. How do we still misrepresent people or groups? What do these representations suggest about that group? How does a group gain power over the ability to represent itself?

HOMEWORK: 1. Finish chapter 2 of Black Boy. 2. Complete vocabulary sheet. Vocabulary quiz will be on Tuesday, October 6.

D-block

AGENDA :
1. Background and context for To Kill a Mockingbird: powerpoint presentation focused on the stock market crash, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, segregation in the South

HOMEWORK: 1. Read handout on Harper Lee and the Depression 2. Research the Depression and write about what you would image life to be like back then (handout).