Monday, March 2, 2009

Project Requirements for Content Block 1 and 3

  1. How has your race affected your lifestyle? Have you ever been racially profiled? Has someone you know or are related to, experienced this? ( 300 words)

  1. Read the Questions and answers on sex and race. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/sfeature/sf_relations.html

  • Essay: What role did sex and race play in the murder of Emmett Till?
  • ( 7 paragraphs)

  1. Then choose one of the examples of student writing and write a response to it. Your response can be in the form of a letter, poem, or essay, and can represent your own views or the views of another person, such as Emmett Till, his mother, or a person who was inspired by Till's murder to work for civil rights.

- Letter- 350 words

- Essay- 350 words

- Poem – more than twenty full lines.

You have until March 9, 2009 to complete this project. J

Your writing should be in Humanities 9 format, and also in presentation form. You may use a binder, or a folder. Plastic sleeves are ideal.

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