August 28, 1955“refusing to ‘bow…willingly’” Emmett Louis Till
Directions: Read and annotate (underline important ideas, circle unfamiliar words, make notes in the margins) the article on Emmett Till. Afterwards, answer the following on a piece of notebook paper. Turn in at the end of class. Your responses should be written in complete, insightful sentences. Cite direct evidence to support your answers.
1. Why is the article titled “refusing to ‘bow…willingly’? Who in the article “refused” to bow willingly?
2. What is the historical significance of this case? Cite evidence to support your claim.
3. In the third column, first page, what is meant by the term, ‘checkbook journalism’? Explain how you know.
4. On the second page, middle column, what is meant by the word “martyred”? How do you know? What is meant by the word “deliberating”? How you do you know?
5. What is the central idea shared by both texts (Emmett Till and the poem “Human Family” by Maya Angelou)?
August 28, 1955 “refusing to ‘bow…willingly’” Emmett Louis Till
Directions: Read and annotate (underline important ideas, circle unfamiliar words, make notes in the margins) the article on Emmett Till. Afterwards, answer the following on a piece of notebook paper. Turn in at the end of class. Your responses should be written in complete, insightful sentences. Cite direct evidence to support your answers.
1. Why is the article titled “refusing to ‘bow…willingly’? Who in the article “refused” to bow willingly?
2. What is the historical significance of this case? Cite evidence to support your claim.
3. In the third column, first page, what is meant by the term, ‘checkbook journalism’? Explain how you know.
4. On the second page, middle column, what is meant by the word “martyred”? How do you know? What is meant by the word “deliberating”? How you do you know?
5. What is the central idea shared by both texts (Emmett Till and the poem “Human Family” by Maya Angelou)?
August 28, 1955 “refusing to ‘bow…willingly’” Emmett Louis Till
Directions: Read and annotate (underline important ideas, circle unfamiliar words, make notes in the margins) the article on Emmett Till. Afterwards, answer the following on a piece of notebook paper. Turn in at the end of class. Your responses should be written in complete, insightful sentences. Cite direct evidence to support your answers.
1. Why is the article titled “refusing to ‘bow…willingly’? Who in the article “refused” to bow willingly?
2. What is the historical significance of this case? Cite evidence to support your claim.
3. In the third column, first page, what is meant by the term, ‘checkbook journalism’? Explain how you know.
4. On the second page, middle column, what is meant by the word “martyred”? How do you know? What is meant by the word “deliberating”? How you do you know?
5. What is the central idea shared by both texts (Emmett Till and the poem “Human Family” by Maya Angelou)?
August 28, 1955 “refusing to ‘bow…willingly’” Emmett Louis Till
Directions: Read and annotate (underline important ideas, circle unfamiliar words, make notes in the margins) the article on Emmett Till. Afterwards, answer the following on a piece of notebook paper. Turn in at the end of class. Your responses should be written in complete, insightful sentences. Cite direct evidence to support your answers.
1. Why is the article titled “refusing to ‘bow…willingly’? Who in the article “refused” to bow willingly?
2. What is the historical significance of this case? Cite evidence to support your claim.
3. In the third column, first page, what is meant by the term, ‘checkbook journalism’? Explain how you know.
4. On the second page, middle column, what is meant by the word “martyred”? How do you know? What is meant by the word “deliberating”? How you do you know?
5. What is the central idea shared by both texts (Emmett Till and the poem “Human Family” by Maya Angelou)?