FreedomMrs. Demos

OMMS2012-2013

Drill May 6• Homework: Evaluate an advertisement for pathos,

logos, ethos• Objective: Students will evaluate the specific claims

in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound.• Drill: Paraphrase the following quote.

– “He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” ― Aristotle

Drill 5/7• Period 4 and 7 take out ad evaluation.• Homework: Finish poster if not done in class.• Objective: Students will determine the meaning of

words and phrases as they are used in a text.• Drill: : Paraphrase the following quote.

– “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” ― George Washington

Drill 5/8• Homework: Review the definitions of rhetoric, pathos, logos,

and ethos. (Pop quiz on Friday)• Objective: Students will cite the evidence that most strongly

supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

• Drill: Paraphrase the following quote.– “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must,

like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” ― Thomas Paine

1960’s• Take out a piece of paper and

number 1-5.• As you watch the video list five

things you think were really important that happened in the 1960’s.

• Be prepared to answer this questionWhat is the overall mood in America during the 1960’s?

:1960's video

Music• Music of the 1960’s

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjAZBbQW2Tg

Drill 5/9• Homework/Exit ticket: Answer in sentences.• If you were an African American in the 1950’s would

you have tried to vote? Explain your answer• Objective: Students will use multiple ways of collecting

information about civil rights, focusing on voting rights in America.

• Drill: Paraphrase the following quote.– “Voting is the foundation stone for political

action.”• Martin Luther King Jr.

Thomas Jefferson—The Declaration of Independence.

Who is equal?-1776-White men with property-1812-1860 All white men-1861-1865 Civil War (1863 Emancipation Proclamation)-1868 Men can vote (Fourteenth Amendment)-1870 Non-white men (Fifteenth Amendment)-1920 All Women (Nineteenth Amendment)-1924 Native Americans-1961 Residents of Washington D.C. (for president)-1964 Poor --no poll tax-- (Twenty-fourth Amendment)-1965 Racial Minorities (Voting Rights Act)-1971 Adults age 18 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment)

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow• Short review of Jim Crow

– Series of written and unwritten laws designed to keep whites and blacks separate.

• Voting in America

• In 1776 Thomas Jefferson wrote that all men are created equal. It is not until 1964 that African-Americans are allowed to vote in this country.

Drill 5/10• Homework: Answer the following question:• What is freedom?• Objective: Students will engage effectively in a range

of collaborative discussions with diverse partners building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

• Drill: Paraphrase this quote:– “The first duty of a man is to think for himself”

― José Martí