10.7.16+and+10.10.16

Surveys for Mr. Parness: Period 2: @https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsOssKwxKKfSL9a41BPb0Dv76A8UjomaWsrNdIylz7xkuCdQ/viewform Period 6: @https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdaivk9jLBaq5ls0WAcHXFBfJx72Va1Z8myQJIQzA0fJBnjZA/viewform

Quick study of "The Problem We All Live With" painting by Norman Rockwell. This will relate to the 4th Encounter that you'll read for homework. Painting: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B270PU2LFF7beUhYSGNFMG0za0U/view?usp=sharing

The Problem We All Live With: Discussion questions: > > > > > > > > > > >
 *  What do you think is taking place in this painting?
 *  Where do you think the young girl is going? What do you think are the circumstances?
 *  What do you think the girl is thinking and feeling?
 *  Who do you think the men in the painting are? What relationship do you think they have to the girl?
 *  When and where do you think this scene may have taken place?
 *  What was going on in the U.S. in that time and place? How might this relate to the painting?
 *  How does the painting make you feel?
 *  What questions does it evoke? If you could ask the girl or the men in the painting a question, what would it be?
 *  What do you think the artist is trying to tell us? Why do you think he called the painting, The Problem We All Live With?
 *  What artistic elements does the artist use to get his message across? (See [|____Discussing The Problem We All Live With____] ).
 *  Discuss Rockwell's role as an artist-white America

Regarding the use of the “N-word”: [|__http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/jay-z-on-the-n-word-video__]

Historical context: [|__https://docs.google.com/document/d/14cUv1IHhed9K8O06sJ83FSkcC6tOx942uzePszUFp5E/edit?usp=sharing__]

Read-in for last hour of class.

HW: Read 4th Encounter. As you read, think about and take margin notes around the following: Think about how the characters appear in this section. How is it similar or different than the previous encounters? How does the Ruby Bridges background connect here? What literary devices are you noticing.