9th grade research project

6 Steps to Effective Paraphrasing

•Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning.•Set the original aside, and write your paraphrase on your paper.•Jot down a few words below your paraphrase to remind you later how you envision using this material.

9th Grade Research Project


•Check your writing with the original to make sure that your version accurately expresses all the essential information in a new form.•Use quotation marks to identify any unique terms you have borrowed exactly from the source.•Record the source (including the page) on your paper so that you can credit it easily if you decide to incorporate the material into your paper.



Practice item #1

Original: Giraffes like Acacia leaves and hay and they can consume 75 pounds of food a day.

Paraphrase:



Practice item #1

Original: Giraffes like Acacia leaves and hay and they can consume 75 pounds of food a day.

Paraphrase: A giraffe can eat up to 75 pounds of Acacia leaves and hay everyday.


Civil Rights Movement Facts

1. Who was the president during the civil rights movement?



1. Who was the president during the civil rights movement?

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) was the 36th president of the United States, assuming the office after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963.



2. When did the civil rights movement start?

On December 1, 1955, nine months after a 15-year-old high school student, Claudette Colvin, refused to give up her seat on a public bus on Montgomery, Alabama to make room for a white passenger, Rosa Parks (the "mother of the Civil Rights Movement") did the same thing.



2. When did the civil rights movement start?



3. Who was the leader of the civil rights movement?



3. Who was the leader of the civil rights movement?

Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Andrew Goodman and others.



4. Who was Thurgood Marshall?

NAACP lawyer during Brown v Board case; 1st black Supreme Court justice



5. Who was Mahatma Gandhi?

Father of non-violent protest and the concept of civil disobedience; King admired him and adopted his approach



6. What is the NAACP?

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; worked for civil rights through the legal system



7. What is the 1965 Act?

ended literacy tests and poll taxes; allowed officers to register voters



8. What is the 1964 Act?

outlawed segregation in public places; banned discrimination in employment



9. What is segregation?

the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart.



10. Who are the Little Rock Nine?

students chosen to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, 1957.



11. Who was Emmet Till?

boy from Chicago who was murdered when visiting in the South; emotional spark to the movement



12. What is a Set-In Movement?

Sit-ins started in Greensboro, North Carolina to peacefully protest segregation in restaurants, etc.



13. In chapter three of The Secret Life of Bees how does racial segregation manifest itself? Please outline these ways.

There is the racism that the South Carolina society exhibits, such as not letting black people into stores or hotels. Then there is also Lily’s ingrained racism, her acceptance of the way things are.



14. Readings to look up (outside of class)

Blumberg, Rhoda L. 1984. Civil Rights: The 1960s Freedom Struggle. Boston: Twayne.

Friedman, Leon, ed. 1967. The Civil Rights Reader. New York: Walker.



12. argue: to verbally debate by providing reasons for or against an issue, especially as part of a court case

People will argue for their rights.


How could you act this out in the classroom?


13. barricadenoun: a physical barrier or obstruction used to control individuals or masses

The government was a barricade for civil rights.



14. blockadenoun: the act of one group of people stopping a second group from entering or leaving a defined area

Civil Rights advocates created a blockade on the bridge.



15. civil disobediencenoun: the act of refusing to obey laws in order to direct the government’s attention to an issue and influence social change.



16. constitutional: in agreement with the rules and values of the legal foundation of a nation, such as the United States Constitution




17. desegregate: to end the separation of two groups of people, or to free of laws or practices that have maintained this separation, in an area or facility



18. discrimination: biasedly treating one person or one group differently from others based on something other than merit




19. enforce: to compel people to do what is required of them, usually in support of a law



Homework questions to find and answer

1. When was the Civil Rights Movement in America?


Information found:Web page found:Date on the web page:


2. Who were the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement?




3. Who was Rosa Parks?




4. What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?




5. What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?




6. What was “Freedom Summer 1964”?




7. What were the “Jim Crow Laws”?




First things first: give me last week’s homework!

Now let’s configure our folders for the research paper.


Paraphrase this question for your paper.

8. Who were important figures in the Civil Rights Movement”


Rosa ParksEmmett Till:Medgar EversThurgood Marshall"Bull" Connor


9. What were important events during the Civil Rights Movement?


Brown Vs. Board of Education Little Rock 916th Street Baptist Church Bombing Selma to Montgomery March (3)


10. What is Brown Vs. Board of Education ?


Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.


Citation Help:


“The Civil Rights Movement.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. July 2004. Web.

Paraphrase this question for your paper.Let’s go over this.

What is the underlined section?


“The Civil Rights Movement.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. July 2004. Web.


11. What is Little Rock 9 ?


The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.


11. What is Little Rock 9 ?


Wikipedia contributors. "Little Rock Nine." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 1 Apr. 2016. Web. 18 May. 2016.


Mr. Anderson will now show you where to find fast citations for Wikipedia.Use this for your homework, if you have not competed it!



12. Who are the main characters in The Secret Life of Bees?


Lily Melissa OwensT. Ray OwensRosaleen DaiseAugust BoatwrightJune BoatwrightMay Boatwright


13. Who is the author of The Secret Life of Bees?


Sue Monk Kiddb. August 12, 1948

Citations you need

Wikipedia contributors. "Sue Monk Kidd." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2 May. 2016. Web. 19 May. 2016.


Wikipedia contributors. "The Secret Life of Bees." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 7 May. 2016. Web. 19 May. 2016.

Does The Secret Life of Bees Reflect the Civil Rights Movement?

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English 1Mr. AndersonJune 5, 2016
