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WU: "The Problem We All Live With" by Norman Rockwell analysis 1) List what you see in this painting 2) Make inferences 3) Discuss the artist's purpose/aim https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B270PU2LFF7beUhYSGNFMG0za0U/view

How does this painting relate to the 4th Encounter in "Recitatif"? How does the historical context from the time period Rockwell depicts lead to the scene about busing in the 4th Encounter?

Finish: Key Moments in the Civil Rights Movement (Education) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jq-oXSHosplSkPTS1VEtQhWxA3lGQGBohQ2QUmjLwic/edit?usp=sharing

Discuss: 4th Encounter --Why does Morrison structure the dialogue in the way that she does? --What is the impact of Roberta's information about Maggie? --What is the meaning/impact of the "sign war" that Twyla and Roberta have? --How does Morrison utilize historical events to contextualize her story? --How are "mothers" being used again in this encounter?

Read: 5th Encounter

HW: No homework. We'll be participating in a read-in next class, so if you have a book you've been reading, bring it to class. If not, you'll be able to get one at the Lincoln Library.

Here are some sources discussing segregation in schools in the past and in there present: 1) "School Segregation is Back, 60 Years After "Brown": http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/report-school-segregation-is-back-60-years-after-brown/ Here's a linked article with some charts that give some context: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-return-of-school-segregation-in-eight-charts/

2) One section of a larger piece called "The March at 50," analyzing the legacy of the March on Washington 50 years later: http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/explore/march-on-washington/web-series/episode-3-equality-in-education/#.Wdfzz7Lyvrc

3) An interview regarding the role of individual choice in sustaining or interrupting segregation in schools: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/16/509325266/how-the-systemic-segregation-of-schools-is-maintained-by-individual-choices

4) Another article discussing the Government Accountability Office's study on education trends around race and economics: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/05/17/on-the-anniversary-of-brown-v-board-new-evidence-that-u-s-schools-are-resegregating/?utm_term=.72d400dcac79