Transcript To Kill a Mockingbird

Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry
First Quarter
Team Interdisciplinary Project
(TIP)
Important Information
Due Date: October 7, 2013
• 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!
“At-Risk”
Student Reminders
•Be mature.
•Do not stereotype.
•Use correct terminology.
•Be respectful of all races and members of society
remembering that there is really only one race!
• The events depicted in the novel are historical fiction
based on events that really occurred.
•It is everyone’s responsibility to make sure that they
never happen again.
“At-Risk”
Reading
Students will create a
bio-cube showing the
similarities between a
famous Civil Rights
leader and a
character from the
book.
Bio
Cube
Planner
Science
• Students will be learning about the scientific method
while conducting an experiment in class that involves
growing plants. (This experiment will be set up in class
on Tuesday, September 2nd.)
• They will complete many of the steps during class in a
science lab with the assistance of their science teacher
that will prepare them for the
expectations of the second
quarter Science Fair TIP project.
• The conclusion of the experiment
and graph will be finished and
completed at home.
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.
• 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.
Social Studies
• Students will learn about the history of
Segregation and Jim Crow Laws.
• There will be a background lesson and related
Civil Rights video
presented in
class on Tuesday,
September 2nd.
Social Studies Poster Campaign
• Students will create a poster demonstration
against segregation.
• This poster must include:
-A symbol of what it means to be segregated
-Several reasons why segregation is wrong
-An example of a segregation law
-A slogan that conveys their message
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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