Transcript To Kill a Mockingbird - Millennium Middle School

Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry
First Quarter
Team Interdisciplinary Project
(TIP)
Important Information
Due Date: October 6, 2014
• Value: 15% of overall quarterly grade in each
core subject class (Math, Science, Social
Studies, Language Arts, Reading)
• Total points possible: 100
• All 5 parts must be completed in order for
students to be eligible for quarter final exam
exemptions.
• No late projects will be accepted!
Reading:
Bio Cube
Planner
“At-Risk”
Reading
Students will create a
bio-cube showing the
similarities between a
famous Civil Rights
leader and a
character from the
book.
After the bio cube…..
• Students will conduct research on a prominent
civil rights leader that their teacher will assign,
and write a 2 paged typed double spaced
paper that shows a comparison and contrast
between a the civil rights leader and a
character from the book.
Science
• Students will use the scientific process to complete an
experiment using plants.
• The teacher-led experiment will prepare them for the
expectations of the second quarter Science Fair TIP
project.
*The experiment will be completed
in class.
*The conclusion and graph will be
finished and completed at home.
*Students must complete the lab
Report at home. Most of this
Will be done in class.
Language Arts
• Students will work in groups during class to
create a script for a new scene that fits in with
the feeling and mood of the book. The final
script will be typed at home.
• Students will present their scene to the class.
Math
• Students will choose from a list of careers in
the 1930’s.
• Based on the yearly salary for that career, they
will calculate their weekly and hourly salary.
• They will also create a
food budget and menu.
The math teacher will give
Them the information.
Social Studies
• Students will create a scrapbook of photos
related to several events
– Plessy v. Ferguson
– A school-related scene that includes a Roll of
Thunder character
– Brown v. Board of Education
– Little Rock Nine
– A school-related scene from modern times
Social Studies Continued
• Each page in the Instagram post or Scrapbook
must include the following information:
– A visual representation related to the event
– The name and date of the event.
– A summary and outcome of the event.
– Related Constitutional Principles.
– Implications or impact for society.
Any questions???
Please contact your student’s team
teachers regarding specific details or
assignments related to their content
area part of the project.
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