1. Journal: Explain what the term prejudice means to you and how it influences how people act in 3 lines or more.(If you do not know what prejudice means, look it up!) Takeout your notes over Watsons.

3. Snapshots of a Year: 1963 May 12: President John F. Kennedy sends troops to Alabama to protect citizens from violence between whites opposing school integration and blacks seeking equal rights.

4. Snapshots of a Year: 1963

5. August 28: Martin Luther King, Jr., gives his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln memorial in Washington D.C.

6. November 22: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated during a motorcade parade in Dallas, TX.

7. Birmingham 1963 Birmingham became a focus for the Civil Right’s Movement in 1963, Bull Connor (chief of police) http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/on thisday/big/0915.html http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/on thisday/big/0915.html

9. Clark Elementary School in Flint, Michigan

10. Momma’s Trip on Google http://goo.gl/maps/PlRzY

11. About the Author/Novel See Worksheet and follow along!

12. Literary Elements: 1. External Conflict Conflict that occurs outside the mind of a character. Example: Kenny faces external conflict as he struggles with the teasing and tormenting his brother inflict on him.

13. 2. Internal Conflict Conflict that occurs inside the mind of a character. Example: Kenny faces internal conflict when he struggles with the church bombing and the way it makes him feel.

14. 3. Plot Plot PowerPoint

15. 4. Point of View (P.O.V.) The narrator’s perspective. First-Person P.O.V: the narrator is also a character in the story. – Uses the pronouns I and we – The reader can only see into the mind of the narrator.

16. 5. Theme The main idea The message There are several themes in this story. – The Importance of Family – The Power of Prejudice Can you think of others?

17. 6. Allusion

18. 7. Atmosphere/Mood