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Brown
AC ELA

2. Learning TARGET
Learning Target: Students will build background information on Post-Civil War setting in To Kill a Mockingbird. Opening: What are the differences between the two following posters?

4. Poster Title, class period, and your names. Explanation of your topic.
Need To have
Title, class period, and your names.
Explanation of your topic.
Subtitles of various subtopics.
Information listed.
Images that relate to the topic.

5. Grading Rubric Topics Level 1-2 Level 3 Level 4
Content- 1. Topics is thoroughly defined 2. Two or more subtopics 2. Subtopics are thoroughly explained and facts are given.
Multimedia- 1. Text is formatted properly. 2. Text relates to the topic is formatted for audience. 3. Images add to the presentation and relate to the topic.
Nuts and bolts- 1. Title and subtitles are used. 2. Text and images are arranged neatly and organization makes sense. 3. Followed all directions.
Conventions- 1. Spelling is correct. 2. All information is punctuated properly. 3. No incorrect grammar has been used.
Presentation- 1. Group members participate. 2. Speaker uses correct eye contact. 3. Speaker projects voice for all student to hear.

6. Background Information Topics
Jim Crow Laws- History, policies, effects on people.
Ku Klux Klan- History and Methods of Instilling Fear.
Plessy v. Ferguson: A Landmark Case and Its Impact on “Separate but Equal”.
The Stock Market Crash- Causes and Effects
The Great Depression- Causes and Effects
The Dust Bowl: The Impact on Economic Prosperity
W.E.B. Dubois and the NAACP- who/what are they and their missions.
Brown v. Board of Education: Its Impact on Education Rights.
The Scottsboro Case: Its Impact on Capital Punishment Cases.
Harper Lee’s Biography and publishing of TKMB.