Monday, May 11, 2015

Science:  1st period - finish the Mass Extinction article and questions if you didn't finish in class.

Links for Science class
It's Elemental
ChemBalancer
Creative Chemistry
Khan Academy
Phet Online Balancing Practice 

Humanities:  Read Ch. 7 in The Outsiders.  Research the following Supreme Court cases:

Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of Education

Seminar tomorrow on "Letter From A Birmingham Jail".

Study guide  for The Civil Rights Movement and “The Outsiders”

Test date: Friday, May 15

For The Outsiders

Know and understand the following:

-          Details about the main characters including their traits and relationships

-          Setting of the novel

-          Themes explored

-          The significance of the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” from chapter 5

-          Key plot events

-          Be able to apply literary terms such as protagonist, theme, setting, plot

Civil Rights Movement/Era

-Plessy vs. Ferguson decision

-Definition of prosperity, racism, integration, reform

-Brown vs. Board of Education decision

-Civil Rights Act of 1964

-Voting Rights Act of 1965

-KKK

-Greensboro Sit-in

-How did the NC Legislature vote on the Federal Civil Rights laws?

-“A Letter From A Birmingham Jail”

-Congress of Racial Equality

-non-violent resistance

-Freedom Riders

-Word Wall with Pizazz unit vocabulary

SEMINAR TOMORROW..."A Letter From A Birmingham Jail"

High School Math I EOC Tutorial