Tuskegee Project Super Web Quest!

ANSWER THESE IN YOUR HJ

Each section is a different character in your newscast (that is why there are four sections to this webquest).

WORK ON THE SECTION ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER FIRST - THEN ANSWER THE OTHER PARTS OF THE WEBQUEST.

Finish for HW by Wednesday.

On Wednesday we will prepare for the performance. Include the research from your web quest in to the script about your character. Make sure to discuss how all the scripts in your group will flow.

On Thursday you will rehearse for your performance.

Friday we are going back to immigration.

Monday we are going to the tenement museum.

Tuesday you will perform for Brigitte.

I. The History of the Tuskegee Airmen

A. http://library.ucr.edu/?view=tuskegee/tuskegeeairmen.html
What were conditions like for African Americans in the airforce before Tuskegee? Give specific examples.

B. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1356
What were the political pressures to integrate the military?
When did the Tuskegee Institute begin training?
What was the 99th squadron?
What was the 332nd Fighter Group?
Who was Captain Davis and what was his impact on the Tuskegee airmen?

C. http://tuskegeeairmen.org/Tuskegee_Airmen_History.html
Where did Tuskegee airmen come from?

D. http://www.acepilots.com/usaaf_tusk.html
Scroll down to “The Combat record…” What are four of the most impressive statistics that you will include in this part of your group’s presentation?

E. http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/Tuskegee.htm
What are two nicknames the Tuskegee airmen were given?
Who gave them these names?
Why?

F. http://www.historynow.org/12_2007/historian5.html
In addition to the Tuskegee airmen, what were two other ways that African Americans took advantage of America’s involvement in WWII to push for civil rights?

G. http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/bookstore/tuskegee.html
Pick five interesting facts from this website. Why are you picking each fact?

H. Find one other website about the history of Tuskegee airmen. Get three interesting facts from the website that you can include in this portion of your project.

II. Different Tuskegee Airmen You Can Choose from

Pick one from the list below or find another one through research online.

Joseph Gomer
http://www.squadron13.com/Gomer/default.htm

Curtis Christopher Robinson
http://media.www.blackcollegeview.com/media/storage/paper928/news/2007/11/18/News/The-Life.Of.An.Original.Tuskegee.Airman.Curtis.Christopher.Robinson-3125878.shtml

Yenwith Whitney
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/26/Seniority/In_Sarasota__an_Airma.shtml

A. Where was he from?
B. How old was he when he joined the army?
C. What was his experience like during training?
D. What moments does he describe during the war itself?
E. What did he think about the impact he made?
F. What was his life like after WWII? Give at least two specific examples.



III. Segregation in the late 1950’s

A. http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0299/tusk2.htm
What are examples of discrimination that the Tuskegee airmen faced while they were at war?

B. http://billyliggett.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/the-1950s-racism-in-newspapers/
What kind of racism existed in newspapers?

C. http://www.med.umich.edu/haahc/Hospitals/special.htm
What kind of racism existed in hospitals?

D. http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/speak/pages/printpages/pcrseg1.htm
What are six examples of racism in the 1950’s and 1960’s?

IV. Civil Rights Victories – Footprints

A. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CE0DF133EF933A1575BC0A963958260

What kinds of jobs and positions did some of these Tuskegee men go on to have?
What is ‘Tuskegee Airmen Inc.’ and how can you use what you know about it in this part of your newscast?

B. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
Look through the Civil Rights timeline. What are 5 civil rights victories that took place after the Tuskegee airmen returned?

6/7 CE

post your CE below by clicking "0 comments."

I had some trouble posting this earlier - so if you already emailed me the CE, don't worry about posting it here too. Sorry! See you tomorrow :-)

6/7 Webquest November 12, 2008

Preparing for your Soap Opera!

Write your responses in your historian's journal!

A. Go to: http://www.casahistoria.net/usa_immigration.htm#2._The_immigrants

Pick the country that your immigrant will be coming from. Remember this has to be between 1880-1930.

1. Why are you picking this country? What interests you about it?
2. Pick the year when your immigrant is leaving this country.
3. According to the history you are reading, why would someone want to leave this country? List at least three push factors.

_____

B. Go to: http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=1468&display_order=2&mini_id=1459

Look at the side bar and write down two-three facts from each section that you will use in your story (what might some of your characters do at each point?):
1. Entrance
2. Baggage
3. Stairs of Separation
4. Medical Exams
5. Cafeteria
6. Great Hall
7. Dormitories
8. Kissing Post

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C. Go to: http://web.archive.org/web/20040217173029/http:/www.people.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Sadlier/Life.html
1. Pick three images that you like. What do they inspire you to write about in your story? What did you learn from each picture and description that you can use in your story in some way?

8th grade CEs

This week you can choose your own global issue to write about. You must "comment" it here and also use the NEW CE format! So including vocabulary words that you don't know (and their definitions), along with questions you might have about the issues discussed in the article.

Weekend homework

6 and 7th graders:

STUDY YOUR ELLIS ISLAND NOTES from the last month (they should all be in your notebook)


8th graders:

Answer these questions based on the activity we did today. Post your answer by clicking on "Comments" below (make sure to type your name in too). I INCLUDED THE NOTES BELOW - Since I have your notebook.

Did your class’ solution fit into any of the definitions given at the end of class?

What do you think are the pros and cons of each of the systems of government we defined?

Which system is fairest? Why?

Which system would you most live under? Why?

Here are the notes since I have your notebooks:

Means of production: Raw materials, factories, farmers, transportation, land (the items used to produce things)

Revolution: the overthrow of a government by those who are governed.

Communism: All the means of production (mines, transportation, farms, factories) are owned and controlled by the non-democratic government.

Capitalism: All the means of production (mines, transportation, farms, factories) are owned and controlled privately.

Socialism: All the means of production (mines, transportation, farms, factories) are controlled publicly (by workers or the democratically elected government).

Thursday's Homework

I changed my mind about the homework - your only assignment tonight is to hand in any missing work before the end of the marking period tomorrow, Friday. Check teacher ease for any "0's" you might have and make sure they are corrected.

Ms A

Post-Election Day Homework

1. Watch the video of Obama's acceptance speech (youtube, cnn.com, abc.com, msnbc.com - take your pick of websites that show it). Pick three of your favorite quotes from the speech. Type them up and/or decorate them somehow. We will be posting them in the classroom.

2. What the "campaign highlights" video:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/7707452.stm

What do you think were the three MAIN turning points of the campaign? Which moments were most important in one way or another? 8th graders can write this in their historian's journals, 6/7s - I should have your journal so write this on a separate sheet of paper.

3. Pick two parts of the world described here:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/reactions-from-around-the-world/
Then for each one answer:
What was the reaction in the parts of the world you chose? Why do you think this was the reaction?

Extra Credit:
4. Watch any other video on the website mentioned in #2 (there are other videos listed on the side of that website). What does the video you chose tell us (give us a summary of the details - one paragraph). Why did you pick it?

DUE THURSDAY, in class. 8th graders - in your journals (except for #1). 6/7 - separate sheet of paper.