Perceptions of Race in America: An Oral Project

Perceptions of Race in America: An Oral Project

Identify and explain the significance of 10 of these people and events to the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

Rosa Parks	TVA [ Tennessee Valley Authority]	Civil Rights March
Autherine Lucy	Bessemer Alabama	The Civil Rights Act
Emmett Till	Birmingham Alabama	Freedom Riders
Charlayne Hunter	shotgun houses	The Scottsboro Trials
Montgomery bus boycott	hospitals that would take black people	March for Voting Rights

In pairs, give a short presentation to the class on the topic you were assigned. Due Friday 3/28.
Take careful notes of the presentations.
Write annotated summaries for an oral presentation you will do using Voice Thread that deals with the perception of race in America. Due Friday 4/11 .

This is a good, one-minute tutorial on how to make a voice thread.

What do to for the oral presentation on Voice Thread:

Define the person, place or event.
Explain the connection and significance to TKAM. (consider the time period, setting and characters of the book in your explanation)
Provide a quote from a cited source that supports your explanation .
After presenting all of the items, present a conclusion that wraps up your presentation by offering your ideas about how race is perceived in America.

The Schedule:

Sun	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat
3/23	24	25	26 MC Voice Thread demonstration Research	27 MC Research with books	28 Rm 259 Initial presentation of 15 topics.	29
30	31 No school	4/1 CL Research TKAM Game is due.	2 Rm 259 Obama video	3 Rm 259 Video discussion	4 CL Record on Voice Thread	5
6	7 Play games while Turtola is in Virginia	8 Play games while Turtola is in Virginia	9 CL Record on Voice Thread	10 Turtola returns!	11 Oral Project is due today.	12 Vacation!