“We Are the World Video”
Michael Jackson & Lionel Ritchie
Related links containing Emmett Till’s Story and images.
Opening Day Assignment
AGENDA
Multicultural Literature
THEME: We Are the World
Welcome
- Sign-In
- Teacher Intro
- Student Intro
- Distribute Syllabus (Return Signed)
- Ice-Breaker (Two Lies & A Truth)
- Assignment Intro
- Break up in Groups
- Brainstorm pivotal events in America and themes
- Cultural Awareness
- Group Presentations
ELAMLRL2
The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of multicultural literature and provides evidence from the text to support understanding. The student:
a. Applies knowledge of the concept that the theme or meaning of a selection represents a universal view or comment on life or society and provides support from the text for the identified theme.
b. Evaluates the way an author’s choice of words advances the theme or purpose of the work.
ELAMLRL3
The student deepens understanding of a work of multicultural literature by relating it to its historical and/or contemporary context, as well as to works from other cultures. The student:
a. Relates a literary work to primary source documents of its cultural or historical context.
c. Compares and contrasts the effects of an historical event or time period (i.e., WWII, The Great Depression, The Civil Rights Movement, 9/11, Immigration) on texts across cultures representing different genres.
TEXT: GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER
THE TRUE STORY
OF THE EMMETT TILL CASE
by CHRIS CROWE
“Two months ago I had a nice apartment in Chicago. I had a good job. I had a son. When something happened to the Negroes in the South, I said, “That’s their business, not mine.” Now I know how wrong I was. The murder of my son has shown me that what happenes to any of us, anywhere in the world, had better be the business of us all.”
Mamie Till Mobley
(Mother of Emmett Till)
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