Mon. 2-20-17 to Fri. 2-24-17

AVID Students: Read from Tues. 2-21 to Mon. 2-27 and do these items:
1. Finish the "Demon Rum" video started on Tues. 2-21-17
2. Watch “10,000 Black Men Named George” and do the handout
3. If you are out Monday, start 1920s lecture 2.
 
Mon. 2-27-17
Finish and discuss film “10,000 Black Men Named George”
Lecture: 1920s Lecture 2: Political and Economic Trends
Lecture is here.
Handout is here.

Fri. 2-24-17
Finish and discuss film “10,000 Black Men Named George”
 
Thurs. 2-23-17
Film “10,000 Black Men Named George” (film sheet)
 
Wed. 2-22-17
Film “10,000 Black Men Named George” (the history of A. Philip Randolph and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first Black labor union recognized by a major corporation and the AFL).
(Film sheet)
 
Absent? The film can be viewed here. Note: You must fast forward to 18:10 minutes – there are some trailers and documentaries at the start of the video. [Please note: The views of the people posting on YouTube are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect my own views].
 
Video is here.
Film sheet is here.
 
Tues. 2-21-17
Video “Demon Rum” (history of Prohibition)
Video is in 5 small parts; start ep. 1 at 1:24. Videos begin here. 
Notes are bullet style on your own paper. Focus on the problems that arose from Prohibition, and how the attitudes towards the idea of Prohibition shifted in that city (Detroit, Michigan). Title the paper “Demon Rum” and be sure your name, period, date, and row number are in the upper right corner.

Mon. 2-20-17 -- Presidents' Day Holiday