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Bell Ringer Quote JournalUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).

When you enter the classroom, take your seat and begin working on the Bell Ringer. It will be a quotation posted on the whiteboard. In your journal (composition book), write:

- the date
- the quotation
- your interpretation of the quote
- your comments about the quote (agree/disagree & why)

You are responsible for these entries whether you attend class that day or not. The quotes are posted on this site under the class documents link.

I will collect and grade journal on exam days. Grades will be based on legibility, coherency, and adherence to assignment parameters. You are absolutely entitled to your own views of these quotations; you are not being graded on whether I agree with your point of view or not.

Segregation EssayUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
+ Write a 500-word essay discussing racial segregation in the United States.  Your essay should discuss the historical aspects of segregation, to include court cases in the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction periods and in the 1900s.  You should provide examples of segregation in our history that give the reader a sense of the discriminatory nature of segregationist practices, including the principle of "separate but equal."
+ Your essay will include:
   - Cover sheet (title page)
   - End notes
   - Your name on every page
+ Adhere strictly to Mr. Doss' "Parameters for Written Reports" (see attachment)
+ Do not plagiarize (see attachment)
 
In order to receive full credit, all assignment requirements described above must be met and the essay submitted on the due date.  The essay must also be properly punctuated and spelled with correct grammar usage.
 
This assignment is valued at 100 exam-weight points.
4/14/2008Attachment