Vocabulary for the Week

1. Vocabulary for the Week • Angelic: (adjective) (of a person) exceptionally beautiful, innocent, or kind • Bureaucracy: (noun) a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. • Calloused: (adjective) (of a part of the body) having an area of harden skin • Curator: (noun) a keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection. • Deviate: (verb) depart from an established course • Epitome: (noun) a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type • Filling stations: (noun): gas stations • Litany: (noun) a series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people.

2. Vocabulary for the Week • Mensch:(noun) person of integrity or honor • Motif: (noun) decorative design or pattern • Phenomenon: (noun) a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question. • Precursor: (noun): a person or thing that comes before another of the same kind • Psychopath: (noun) a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior • Sentimental: (adjective) of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia • Sinister: (adjective) giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen. • Strophe (noun) the first section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it.

3. Vocabulary for the Week • Tapestry: (noun) a piece of thick fabric with pictures or designed formed by weaving colored threads or by embroidering on canvas. • Trotskyites: (noun) a person who believes in the principals of Leon Trotsky (socialism established throughout the world by continuing revolution) • Unwillingly: (adjective) not ready, eager, or prepared to do something • Vicissitude: (noun) a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant. • Wobblies: (noun) plural name for members of the Industrial Workers of the World.

4. Allen Ginsberg’s America • In his introduction to “America” by Allen Ginsberg, Howard Zinn states that poem “gives voice to his critique of the nation’s Establishment.” What are Ginsberg’s criticisms of the establishment? • Responsibility for “Atom Bomb” and Cold War (line 5) • Capitalist beliefs and ideals • Industrialism • Lack acceptance of anything less than the “American ideal” • America’s lack of personality • America’s religiousness

5. Allen Ginsberg’s America • How many of those criticisms from 1956 are still relevant today? • Opinion based question… • Thoughts & evidence?

6. Allen Ginsberg’s America • Why do you think Ginsberg wrote this poem? • Frustrated with himself as well as surroundings • Frustrated with the lack of discourse • America in his mind is one sided. • What was his motivation? • Venting • Call to more moderate people out there • What point was he trying to convey? • America is like very young, one-sided child. It’s thoughts, opinions, and actions are not reflective of an accepting person.

7. Civil Rights Quiz #2 - Answers Matching: • G • F • E • H • C • B • A ACT PASSAGE • A • J • B • G • B • G • C • J • A • H

8. ACT Reading Passage Jigsaw Groups • Group 1 (Questions 1 & 2) • Derek • Trayvond • Angelique • Huda • Group 2 (Questions 3 & 4) • Ganiu • Jevon • Jamila • Alliyah • Group 3 (Questions 5 & 6) • Devin • Alyssha • Crystal • Memona • Group 4 (Questions 7 & 8) • Brittany • John • Patrick • Tanya • Alexis • Group 5 (Questions 9 & 10) • Takira • Shaquanda • Deshawn • Sarah • Gema

9. ACT Reading Passage Jigsaw Instructions • INSTRUCTIONS: • In five groups, find/justify the correct answersto the problems. • You will be responsible for reporting out to another group. • If the answer is not directly in the text, justify why the answer choice is correct based on inferences and context clues from the passage. • A • G • B • H • A • F • B • G • D • J

10. INSTRUCTIONS: In each group, you have a representative who will report out the “justification” for each answer choice. Each group member needs to write down the justification on the ACT handout/answer sheet. ACT Reading Passage Jigsaw Groups • Group A • Derek • Jevon • Memona • Brittany & Tanya • Sarah • Group B • Trayvond • Ganiu • Alyssha • Alexis • Shaquanda & Deshawn • Group C • Angelique • Jamila • Devin • Patrick • Gema • Group D • Huda • Alliyah • Crystal • John • Takira

11. Reflection Homework #4 • Assata Shakur wrote that the women who are incarcerated at Riker’s Island “come from places where dreams have been abandoned like the buildings.” Where are these places and what are these dreams? How do they compare and contrast with the places in your life and your dreams? What do you believe should be the goals of U.S. prisons? Do you feel they are achieving such goals?

12. Study Guide Answers • Part 1 – Definitions/Synonyms/Antonyms • Advocate • A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy. • Synonyms: Supporter, Backer, Promoter • Antonyms: Critic, Attacker • Consent • Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something • Synonyms: Agreement, Authorization, Permission • Antonyms: Dissent, Differ, Dispute • Engulf • Sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it • Synonyms: Immerse, submerge, overwhelm • Antonyms: Ignore, reject, rescue, save • Foster • Encourage or promote the development of (something) • Synonyms: Encourage, promote, further, stimulate • Antonyms: Neglect, Suppress

13. Study Guide Answers • Key Terms • Executive Order 8802 • Created to prohibit racial discrimination in the national defense industry. • Brown vs. Board of Education • Supreme Court ruling that said separate but equal is unconstitutional. • StokelyCarmichael • Chairman of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee • Alice Walker • Female novelist and poet who also wrote the book The Color Purple. • Angela Davis • Female Black Power leader • Allen Ginsberg • Leading poet of the Beat Generation. • Martin Luther King • Leader of the non-violent protest movements in the South. • Malcolm X • Civil Rights leader who advocated the right of armed self-defense for blacks and other oppressed groups. • Richard Wright • Civil Rights novelist who migrated from Mississippi to Chicago in 1927.

14. Short Answer Questions • How did World War I have an influence on African Americans and their migration to the North? What does Richard Wright’s in 12 Million Black Voices tell you about the experience of moving from the South to the North? • “The slow southern drawl, which in legend is so sweet and hospitable but which in fact has brought down on our black bodies suffering untold, is superseded by clipped Yankee phrases, phrases spoken with such rapidity and neutrality that we, with our slow ears, have difficulty understanding” (1st Paragraph) • “Even though we have been told that we need not be afraid, we have lived so long in fear of all whitefaces that we cannot help but sit and wait.” (2nd Paragraph) • “We feel freer than we have ever felt before, but we are still a little scared.” (2nd Paragraph) • The process felt foreign/uncomfortable.

15. Short Answer Questions • How did Malcolm X attempt to unite African Americans in his “A Message to Grass Roots” speech? • Opinion based, need sufficient examples. • 2nd through 4th Paragraph • Unifying under a common enemy • Same history, “ex-slave” • “You don’t catch hell” • In Malcolm X’s “A Message to the Grass Roots,” what was his overall message? • The civil rights movement issues and ineffectiveness due to the following factors: • How whites view the “ex-slave;” • Agreeing on a common enemy; • Lack of violence against whites

16. Short Answer Questions • In Alice Walker’s “Once,” what did the poem tell you about how African Americans’ view themselves? • Proud in body image • Sense of not caring about race • In Allen Ginsberg’s Poem, “America,” what point was he trying to convey? • Responsibility for “Atom Bomb” and Cold War (line 5) • Capitalist beliefs and ideals • Industrialism • Lack acceptance of anything less than the “American ideal” • America’s lack of personality • America’s religiousness