Bumpus Goes to Birmingham

Birmingham Project Writing

Writing Task:

How well can you show us what it was like to live in Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement? After researching primary and secondary sources from the 1960s, write five diary entries from the point of view of your created character in which you explain the daily social, economic, and educational experiences of living in Birmingham. Support your discussion with evidence from your primary and secondary source texts.

DETAILS:

1- Create a character using the Character Board: Creating your Character

2- Using the Triple Entry Journal Writing Sheet- free write about your character, and find THREE PRIMARY SOURCES in order to add authenticity and reality to your character. SEE Mrs. B's Sample Triple Journal and Frank's Sample Triple Journal.

3- Cite your sources using Easy Bib-- you will need to cite your sources in your slides as well as have a Works Cited for your project.

4- You must use Primary Sources because your journal entries MUST include-

historical facts and actual historical events and happenings.

5- WRITE FIVE JOURNAL ENTRIES LIKE YOUR CHARACTER- each entry must be at least 2 paragraphs at 8-10 sentences for each paragraph.

6- Once you have written FIVE JOURNALS (based on the entries you started in your Triple Journals) then create a slideshow or a blog. Use Google Sites. I can help you set that up. Google Slides instruction You can use as many slides as you need to have the right amount of writing as well as using your PHOTOS FROM THE FIELD TRIP. If you're writing the journals in a blog you can use as many photos as you need on your entry page.

7- Slideshows should be at a MINIMUM 15 slides. Remember it is 5 journal ENTRIES. Not 5 slides. You must be writing at least 2 paragraphs (8-10 sentences per paragraph) per entry.

SLIDESHOWS ARE DUE ON THE DAY OF YOUR FINAL

JOURNAL DOCUMENTS ARE DUE BY THE DAY OF YOUR FINAL FOR THE 5 BONUS POINTS.

There will also be a Final Exam Newsela Test to take during your Exam Period.

Sample Works Cited:

"Civil Rights Chronology." The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Civil Rights.org, 2001. Web.

02 Nov. 2016.

"John L. Shuttlesworth." BCRI Resource Gallery. Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.

Kennedy, John F. "An Ugly Situation in Birmingham, 1963." Eyes on the Prize. PBS, 23 Aug. 2003. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.

Lewis, John. "Patience Is a Dirty and Nasty Word." Eyes on the Prize. PBS, 23 Aug. 2006. Web. 02 Nov. 2016.

FOR A WEBSITE:

Author last name, First name. "Article Title." Website title. Sponsoring

Institution/Publisher, Publication Date. WEB. Date Accessed.

2- Write all your journals out-- make sure you have this set up for your document:

• Each entry is numbered: For example: Journal #1 etc.
• Each entry has a date: For example: Journal #1, May 3, 1963.
• Each entry is double-spaced and in a 12 point font- either Ariel or Times New Roman.

Complete Writing Sample (10 total journal entries).

3- Work on SLIDESHOWS AFTER YOUR DOCUMENT IS COMPLETE.

4- Make sure you have PICTURES. You can use your own from the field trip or you can use the photos in Mrs. Burbridge's folder. Mrs. Burbridge's Birmingham pictures

Photo Credit: W. Burbridge

Literature:

POETRY:

BARBARA CROSS

Age 13 in 1963.

Parents Rev. and Mrs. John Cross.

The daughter of the pastor of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Barbara Cross was in the church the day it was bombed.

Sibling: Younger sister Lynn, age 4.