Layered+Curriculum

Layered Curriculum

//You must chose 100 points worth of activities to complete this section.//
 * __Layer C__**

1) Follow the time line and explain each of the points in your own words for one of the sets of years listed. You may add your own point for extra credit. 10 points. **choose to do all the year timelines for 20 points.**
 * http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/segregation.html**


 * 2) Read about the president and the role of the government. What were their strong points? Their weak points? How did this shape the nation? 10 points.**
 * http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/struggle.html**


 * 3) Follow the maps in each section. What are the breakdowns in each section? How would these breakdowns have affected segregation in the south? 10 points.**
 * http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/maps.html**


 * 4) Go to the people section and meet 20 people. Write down, in your own words, the lives of 10. 15 points.**
 * http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories.html**

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 * 5) Listen to the podcast at the bottom of the page. Write down, in your own words, how schools have changed. 10 points.**


 * 6) Read the events on this site and timeline 21 of your favorites. Please add a brief discription of each of your points. 10 points.**
 * http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories.html**


 * 7) Look at the pictures and propaganda. Choose 15 images. How were these used successfully/unsuccessfully? 10 points.**
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 * 8) Ride the bus (the whole route). Print your article at the end. 10 points.**
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 * 9) Take an online fill in the blanks quiz for chapters 1 and 2 and print out results. 10 points.**
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 * 10) Find and define 30 words that are new to your vocabulary from the novel. 15 points.**
 * @http://www.vocabulary.com/lists/24112**


 * 11) Take and pass the unit test. See Mrs. Brassard-Moore for this assignment. 15 points.**


 * 12) Write the traditional essay of 1 1/2 pages. See Mrs. Brassard-Moore for this assignment. 15 points.**


 * 13) Create the front page of a newspaper for the day of Tom Robinson's arrest OR for the jury verdict. 15 points.**


 * 14) Collect music, make a sountrack for Maycomb, burn a CD, and make a music jacket explaining why the songs were chosen. 15 points.**


 * 15) Write a letter From Boo's perspective about saving Scout's life. 10 points.**


 * 16) Create a poster of a courtroom. Label each item you draw and explain the purpose behind the item. 15 points.**


 * 17) Turn in your completed reading questions from the novel. 20 points.**


 * 18) Create a collage of a theme from the novel. 10 points**


 * 19) Give each chapter a title. 5 points.**


 * 20) Create a comic strip. 10 points**


 * 21) Redesign the front cover of the novel. 10 points.**


 * 22) Write a letter to Harper Lee about what you thought of the book or with questions you still have. 10 points.**


 * 23) Write the letter that Atticus writes to the Appeals court on behalf of Tom Robinson. 10 points.**
 * 24) Complete and print the crossword puzzle. 5 points.**
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__Layer B__ //**25) Please choose 3 links to read. Why were these accepted? How is it still accepted today? Write a multi-paragraphed essay of 1 1/2 pages**. **30 points.**//


 * Warning--some of these sites have pictures of violent situations.**
 * http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6106285**
 * http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1102**
 * http://www.africanaonline.com/rosewood.htm**
 * http://library.thinkquest.org/2986/index.html**

__Layer A__** //Write a multi-paragraphed essay of 1 1/2 pages. Please choose one for 20 points.//

26) How can society solve the problem of discrimination? 27) What causes people to be good or evil? 28) How are class distinctions/social divisions a good or a bad thing?

To Kill A Mockingbird