7th Grade - Warriors Don't Cry

Warriors Don't Cry Research Project
Exploring Modern Day School Segregation

Through reading Warriors Don't Cry, you've been learning about the efforts and sacrifices that civil rights advocates made to end school segregation in the United States following the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. Our country has benefitted greatly from the efforts of the civil rights leaders of that era. Millions of children have gotten access to more equitable education as a result of their efforts.

However, in the past few decades there has been a resurgence of racial segregation in our country's school systems. In this project, you will conduct research to learn about the causes of increased segregation and the potential solutions. 

Source Requirements

• Read the article "Why School Segregation Is Getting Worse." (Printed copies of this article were distributed in English class, and there is also a link to the article on this research guide.
• Find one additional article about segregation in schools and how this problem might be solved.

Citation Requirements

• You will cite both of your articles in MLA format using NoodleTools

Notecard Requirements

• You will make at least one notecard for each source. (You will have at least two notecards in total.) 

Timeline

Homework due Tuesday, November 12: Read and annotate the article "Why School Segregation is Getting Worse."

In class Tuesday, November 12: Create a citation for "Why School Segregation is Getting Worse." Complete the worksheet distributed in class. (When you have completed the worksheet, you will have found and cited one additional article.)

Homework due Wednesday, November 13: Complete the worksheet distributed in class if you did not have time to finish it in class. Print the article you selected, and bring it to class on Wednesday.

In class Wednesday, November 13: Create at least two good notecards that include quotes and your thinking/analysis of why the quotes are important.