Each Literacy group was allocated a research project. All groups created a set of Slides to deliver a short presentation to the class about their research project and what they learned in preparation for our Novel.
NOIR:
Jackson, Mississippi is the place our novel is set. We learned more about it so that we could understand things like the economy, climate, buildings, and it's history.
GRIS:
Martin Luther King was an influential figure during the Civil Rights Movement. We learned more about him so that we could understand the impact he made during the time our novel was set.
ROUGE:
Rosa Parks was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. We discovered more about her and her life to understand the part she played and how her actions affected the characters in our novel.
BLANC:
The Civil Rights Movement is one of the themes of our novel. We discovered what we could about this monumental time within history.