1. Weekly Plans 3.29 – 4/1 Mr. Armstrong

2. Tuesday | March 29 th Topic: Cinderella Man Day 3 AIM #15: How can we understand the themes of the Great Depression through film? DO NOW: 1.Take out your Cinderella Man Guided Viewing PKT from last Wednesday 2.Be ready to review questions 9-18 now, before we resume the film

3. Work on the docks/ become a dockhand/ dockworker He used to own a taxi company The worker needed to keep his job, and if he did not shut off their electric (because they hadn’t paid the bills), he would be fired. He has a family to support as well. She sees a man leaving his family, with two suitcases packed for good. The kids are getting sick from being in the cold apartment with no heat Because he needs money to pay the heat and electric bills so that he can get his kids back. He is reluctant because he is a man with tremendous pride and doesn’t want to have to ask others for help.

4. It is a joint birthday party for multiple kids in the neighborhood. The families have to have a joint party because they cannot afford individual cakes for their kids She is mad at him because he is drunk at church on a Sunday, and because he is too embarrassed to join his kid at the birthday party because they’re now poor. Because one of the fighters has dropped out and they need a man on one day’s notice to fight the #2 boxer in the world. No one will take the fight without having time to train, but Jimmy is desperate for the $250 he will get paid for the fight. Because the soup kitchen ran out of soup that morning.

5. Wednesday | March 30 th Topic: Cinderella Man Day 4 AIM #16: How can we understand the themes of the Great Depression through film? DO NOW: 1.Take out your Cinderella Man Guided Viewing PKT 2.Be ready to review your answers to questions 19-21

7. Thursday | March 31 st Topic: Cinderella Man Day 5 AIM #17: How can we understand the themes of the Great Depression through film? DO NOW: 1.Copy down tonight’s HW Cinderella Man Character Analysis WKSHT Complete ALL questions in your Guided Viewing PKT 2. Due to time constraints, please be ready to resume the film immediately so that we can finish it today

8. Friday | April 1 st Topic: Cinderella Man Character Analysis AIM #19: How can we dissect the main characters of Cinderella Man and better understand the personal histories of the Great Depression? DO NOW: 1.Copy down tonight’s HW (Complete Character Analysis Writing Assignment) 2.Take out your Guided Viewing PKT & Character Analysis WKSHT for me to check

9. Instructions for Your Character Analysis Writing Assignment: Directions: Take your ideas and answers to the 5 questions from your WKSHT and turn them into a thorough, detailed and analytical overview of your selected character from Cinderella Man, and the Great Depression as a whole. After reading your piece, the reader should gave a clear idea as to who it is that you’re analyzing and how people like them lived during the Depression. Suggestions: The best way to go about writing this piece is by turning your responses to questions 1-5 into detailed sentences. These sentences should go in order. For example: Your FIRST sentence or two should be your response to question #1 For example: Your LAST sentence or two should be your response to question #5 Must Have: Times New Roman Font | Size 12 Font | Proper Grammar & Punctuation | Responses to Questions 1-5 in Your Piece *You may include a picture of your character if you choose