ENGLISH
PERIODS 6 AND 7
November
8, 1999
Aim:
How do we create a time-line from newspaper articles as a source of easy
reference?
STANDARDS
ADRESSED: Reading (E1), Writing (E1), Conventional Usage of English Grammar
(E4), Public Documents
Students will be able to understand the concept of a time-line.
Students
will be able to relate historical events to the present.
Students
will be able to think critically.
Students
will be able critically appreciate historical data.
Students
will be able to better appreciate the use if some words and of tenses.
NOTE:
A time line will be created and relevant questions will also be asked about the
passage.
DAISY
BATES (from the New York Times, November 4, 1999)
1.
Who
was Daisy Bates?
2.
Where
is Little Rock?
3.
In
what year was she born?
4.
Did
she work alone? If not, with whom did she work?
5.
What
was regarded as a victory that resulted from her work?
6.
From
your previous classes, can you recall the meaning of NAACP?
7.
In
1954, a major historical event took place in American History. What was that?
8.
What
is the meaning of the following words:
Segregation, constitution, litigation, snarling, confrontation
9.
What
was the title of the book that Mrs. Bates wrote?
10. The foreword (note: foreword)
to the book, was written by __________________?
11. Who was she?
12. How long ago was the book
written?
13. Who was the President of the
USA at the time?
14. President Clinton says “her
death will leave a vacuum in the civil rights community.”
Rewrite the sentence using another word for vacuum.
15. Where was Daisy Bates born? In
what year was she born?
16. Was there anything significant
about the place in which she was born?
17. In what year did she learn of
the tragedy of her mother? What was that tragedy?
18. What does trauma mean as
used in the 9th paragraph?
19. What year did Mrs. Bates meet
her future husband?
20. What was his profession at the
time?
21.
The
Depression is one of the most memorable periods of the 20th century.
Name at least three characteristics of this period.
22.
Orval
Faubus was (a) the Mayor (b) the Governor (c) A judge (d) Civil Rights Worker?
23.
Who
was responsible for calling out the federal troops?
24.
Who
was responsible for calling in the National Guard?
