The Watson's go to Birmingham-Christopher Paul Curtis
Annie Estes B4
\The Watsons go to Birmingham
Friday, March 4, 2011
Table of Contents
Text Features
Post 3
Information
Post 4
Fact Vs.
Opinion
Opinion
Post 5
Words
Post 6
Summary/Paraphrase
Post 7
Organization
Post 8
Text Features
Headings
How I will use headings in my project:To explain what I'm talking about in the whole post. (Example: Words Page)
Subheadings
How I will use subheadings in my project: The subheadings will show what the paragraph is about. (Example: What are Civil Rights?)
Pictures
How this picture applies to my project: It has to do with "The Watsons go to Birmingham"
Captions
How this helped me explain the picture: It explained what is going on and what the picture is about. It is mostly helpful because some people can't really see what it is about.
Bolded Words
Why these words are important to my project: They are important words that have to do with civil rights.
(Example: Segregation)
Graphs and Charts
How are the specific graphs and charts I used important to answering the inquiry question:They show how it progressed or went down from the beginning to the end.
How I will use headings in my project:To explain what I'm talking about in the whole post. (Example: Words Page)
Subheadings
How I will use subheadings in my project: The subheadings will show what the paragraph is about. (Example: What are Civil Rights?)
Pictures
How this picture applies to my project: It has to do with "The Watsons go to Birmingham"
Captions
How this helped me explain the picture: It explained what is going on and what the picture is about. It is mostly helpful because some people can't really see what it is about.
Bolded Words
Why these words are important to my project: They are important words that have to do with civil rights.
(Example: Segregation)
Graphs and Charts
How are the specific graphs and charts I used important to answering the inquiry question:They show how it progressed or went down from the beginning to the end.
Information Page
What are Civil Rights?
What are Civil Rights?Civil Rights means that people have the right to be treated the same as others despite their race, gender, or religion. Why do we want to know? We need to know because if we didn't know about civil rights we wouldn't try to keep those rights. We wouldn't even care about having rights. If we don't have that information then we will have that right taken away.
The Watson's Go To Birmingham--1963
By: Christopher Paul Curtis
The book "The Watson's go to Birmingham--1963" is about a black family living in Flint,Michigan during the civil rights movement. The Watson's decide to go see their grandma in Birmingham, Alabama-a very racist state at the time. It tells of the troubles they go through and all of the actual civil rights events that they were ale to witness.
What are Civil Rights?Civil Rights means that people have the right to be treated the same as others despite their race, gender, or religion. Why do we want to know? We need to know because if we didn't know about civil rights we wouldn't try to keep those rights. We wouldn't even care about having rights. If we don't have that information then we will have that right taken away.
The Watson's Go To Birmingham--1963
By: Christopher Paul Curtis
The book "The Watson's go to Birmingham--1963" is about a black family living in Flint,Michigan during the civil rights movement. The Watson's decide to go see their grandma in Birmingham, Alabama-a very racist state at the time. It tells of the troubles they go through and all of the actual civil rights events that they were ale to witness.
Fact Vs. Opinion
Fact
Source: The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
- The Church in Birmingham was bombed
- 4 girls died in the Bombing
- The Bombing killed and wounded many
- People were devastated
- Families were unhappy
- The people that witnessed the bombing were terrified
- The Birmingham bombing made everybody think how terrible everything was
- The bombing was a terrible way to show hate
Source: The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
Words
Denotation and Connotation:
1. Word: Racism
a. Denotation: To judge another because of their race
b. Connotation: Always Negative about the race
2. Word: Desegregation
a. Denotation: The Act or Practice of Desegregating
b. Connotation: Positive, no separation
3. Word: Equality
a. Denotation: The state or quality of being equal.
b. Connotation: Fair, United
Context Clues:
1. Word: Segregation
a. Context Clues: White people go in one school-Blacks go in the other school
b. My Definition: To separate people according to race
c. Official Definition: The act or practice of segregating
1. Word: Racism
a. Denotation: To judge another because of their race
b. Connotation: Always Negative about the race
2. Word: Desegregation
a. Denotation: The Act or Practice of Desegregating
b. Connotation: Positive, no separation
3. Word: Equality
a. Denotation: The state or quality of being equal.
b. Connotation: Fair, United
Context Clues:
1. Word: Segregation
a. Context Clues: White people go in one school-Blacks go in the other school
b. My Definition: To separate people according to race
c. Official Definition: The act or practice of segregating
Summary/Paraphrase
The Watson's Go to Birmingham-1963
The Watson's go to Birmingham is about a black family living in Flint, Michigan Who go to see their grandma Sans in Birmingham, Alabama. It tells of all the adventures they go through and all the things they do. It also tells about the Civil Rights events that happened while they were in birmingham. It is a very influencial book and makes you really think about the civil rights movement because you are in a black family's point of view.
What I learned
What I learned while creating this project, and learning about civil rights is that civil rights is a part of our history and we need to learn from their mistakes.
Graph on Segregated shools in Michigan
Graph on Segregated shools in Michigan
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