Climbing the Family Tree: February 4, 2019

Focus: What complexities of character can we find in a family tree?

1. Warming up with three good things; reflecting on and finalizing your Harlem Renaissance Little Project grades

2. Finding and developing your character for the Empathy Monologues

• Click HERE for the overview.

• Click HERE for the exercises.

3. Offering you an overview of this week's research; selecting topics, assigning partners, and figuring out the distribution of labor

HW:

For FRIDAY: Click on THIS WEBSITE and follow the three steps below:

Step 1: Read the short article under the photographs for a little context. The embedded 4 minute video on Jim Crow and the rise of the KKK is optional.

Step 2: Click on the gallery and peruse the 33 photos of race relations in 1950s America. Be sure to read the little blurbs to the right so that you know what you're looking at.

Step 3: Select ONE photo that particularly strikes you, and paste it into your blog. Perform and MMM reading on it on your blog and post it.

M = Moments (which particular details in the photograph make you pause / take a moment?)

M = Movement (what larger movements / patterns do you notice? For this assignment, feel free to compare this photo to the others you perused as well.)

M= Meaning (what larger meaning can you take away from this photo? What do you think this photographer wants us to understand better or differently by reading this photo?)