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Week's Objective: Students will perform research on teacher-selected materials so that they may be able to analyze the effects of housing discrimination in the mid 20th Century on African American neighborhoods today (SS 1.3). Students will annotate two articles: the 1st article will be analyzing the events leading up to the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968; the 2nd article is an analysis of the effectiveness of the Fair Housing Act (ELA 2.1). Students will turn in their annotations, including answering short-answer questions and completing a graphic organizer at the end of the week for a performance task grade. Competency being assessed is ELA 2.1 - Reading Strategies. This is setting them up for a future performance task that will ask them to write an ACQC analyzing the effects of housing discrimination on neighborhoods today (SS 1.3, ELA 4.1, ELA 4.2).
Reminders:
- Annotations are due when I return to class on Friday, December 6th. Anything that is not done in class should be considered homework.
- This performance task will not be considered complete unless you provide in-depth answers to ALL of the short answer questions AND complete the graphic organizer. Make sure you answer all parts of the questions in order to receive full credit.
- This performance task is a CHOICE to dedicate yourself to understanding and meeting ALL requirements of the assignment. Study the requirements, and then choose to focus on the assignment in class. Choose to let everyone else focus as well. Don't be a distraction.
- I am giving you this assignment and asking you to make this choice because I believe you are capable of making good decisions. This is an opportunity for you to practice focusing, even when I'm not looking over your shoulder. You can do this.
- Just know Mr. Montenegro and I will be talking smack about you the whole time.
Monday, December 2nd:
- Do Now (3-5 minutes): Complete the Do Now posted on Google Classroom and submit it immediately.
- Task 1 (15-20 minutes): You all took notes on each others' presentations last week. On the bottom of those notes, I asked you to write a summary of the circumstances African Americans faced when trying to purchase a home in the middle of the 20th Century. This included social behaviors, government decisions, and predatory business practices. Take 15 to 20 minutes and write a brief summary of those practices. This will be good to help you remind you of details once we get to the performance task. Make it a quick write; make sure you don't spend all class on it. TURN IN THIS DOCUMENT BEFORE YOU LEAVE CLASS.
- Task 2 (20 minutes): Watch the videos below and answer the following questions on a loose leaf piece of paper. Answers to these questions should go in your binder.
- What is Chris Rock saying with this joke?
- What are the 4 areas of life that the video says housing segregation affects?
- What law was passed to fix discriminatory issues in housing?
- Does the video argue that African Americans today have equal access to housing loans? Provide a quote as evidence.
- Describe 3 effects that housing segregation has on health in many African American communities.
Summarize the story of the Contract Buyers League and North Lawndale in no less than 7 sentences. Include information on what it meant to "buy on contract" and how that differed from buying homes using a traditional mortgage. Explain how the people who lived in North Lawndale dealt with this problem and explain if they were successful. Finally, include information on the neighborhood today.
Tuesday, December 3rd:
NOTE: IF YOU DID NOT FINISH YESTERDAY'S WORK, PLEASE FOCUS ON STARTING THE ANNOTATION PERFORMANCE TASK BELOW. THE PERFORMANCE TASK IS WORTH MORE AND SHOULD BE A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN YESTERDAY'S WORK. I WILL ACCEPT YESTERDAY'S WORK UP UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK.
ALSO, I ACCIDENTALLY LABELED YESTERDAY'S DO NOW AS "DECEMBER 6TH." PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU TURN THAT IN IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO.
- Do Now (3-5 min): Complete the Do Now posted on Google Classroom.
- Annotations Work: Begin annotating the articles provided to you in class by the substitute. Annotations will be collected on Friday at the beginning of class. This will be a performance task grade evaluating your ability to annotate informational text (ELA 2.1). Remember, you need to do all of the following in order to get full credit for the assignment:
- Define unknown words (no less than 5)
- Summarize the main idea of each paragraph in the margins
- Highlight or underline supporting information or evidence in each paragraph
- Make no less than 5 well thought out connections to the text. This should be using the text and connecting it to prior knowledge or information you've gathered from other sources
- Take note of no less than 5 well thought out questions that you have about the topic after reading this text. These questions could lead to further research on the topic and help you better understand the topic.
- Avoid all judgments and assumptions
- Provide in-depth answers to all of the questions asked.
- Make sure that you answer all parts of the questions to get full credit.
REMEMBER: The big performance task assignments get a lot easier if you put in the work on the annotations, questions, and graphic organizers up front. This helps you to organize your information and your thoughts. Do yourself a favor and take these assignments seriously.
Wednesday, December 4th:
- Do Now (3-5 min): Complete the Do Now posted on Google Classroom.
- Annotations Work: Continue work on annotations and short answer questions.
- Begin Change vs. Continuity Graphic Organizer if you complete the annotations today.
Change vs. Continuity Graphic Organizer
- A key part of analyzing complex effects of a historical event is to determine if the event led to change, continuity, or both. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 was supposed to solve problems for segregated communities of color. Completing the graphic organizer attached will help you to determine your argument on whether you feel the Fair Housing Act led to change, continuity, or both. Further, it will allow you to organize information to help you support your argument in future ACQC assignments.
- The graphic organizer will be posted on Google Classroom and should be considered part of the performance task due Friday.
Thursday, December 5th:
- Do Now (3-5 min): Please complete the Do Now in the first 5 minutes of class
- Complete annotations
- Complete graphic organizer
ALL SOCIAL JUSTICE ART FRIDAY PRESENTERS SHOULD TURN IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT SO THAT I CAN HAVE THEM SET UP WHEN YOU COME TO CLASS TOMORROW. THANK YOU.
Friday, December 6th: SOCIAL JUSTICE ART FRIDAY!!!
Please see board and/or schedules on the "Social Justice Art Friday" Section of the website to see if you're up.
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