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Snapshots of a Year: 1963

Journal: Explain what the term prejudice means to you and how it influences how people act in 3 lines or more .(If you do not know what prejudice means, look it up!) Takeout your notes over Watsons. . Snapshots of a Year: 1963.

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Snapshots of a Year: 1963

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  1. Journal: Explain what the term prejudice means to you and how it influences how people act in 3 lines or more.(If you do not know what prejudice means, look it up!) • Takeout your notes over Watsons.

  2. Snapshots of a Year: 1963 • May 12: President John F. Kennedy sends troops to Alabama to protect citizens from violence between whites opposing school integration and blacks seeking equal rights.

  3. Snapshots of a Year: 1963

  4. August 28: Martin Luther King, Jr., gives his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln memorial in Washington D.C.

  5. November 22: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated during a motorcade parade in Dallas, TX.

  6. Birmingham 1963 • Birmingham became a focus for the Civil Right’s Movement in 1963, Bull Connor (chief of police) • http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0915.html

  7. Clark Elementary School in Flint, Michigan

  8. Momma’s Trip on Google • http://goo.gl/maps/PlRzY

  9. About the Author/Novel • See Worksheet and follow along!

  10. Literary Elements:1. External Conflict • Conflict that occurs outside the mind of a character. • Example: Kenny faces external conflict as he struggles with the teasing and tormenting his brother inflict on him.

  11. 2. Internal Conflict • Conflict that occurs inside the mind of a character. • Example: Kenny faces internal conflict when he struggles with the church bombing and the way it makes him feel.

  12. 3. Plot • Plot PowerPoint

  13. 4. Point of View (P.O.V.) • The narrator’s perspective. • First-Person P.O.V: the narrator is also a character in the story. • Uses the pronouns I and we • The reader can only see into the mind of the narrator.

  14. 5. Theme • The main idea • Themessage • There are several themes in this story. • The Importance of Family • The Power of Prejudice Can you think of others?

  15. 6. Allusion

  16. 7. Atmosphere/Mood

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