ERWC Remembering Injustice

ERWC Unit:
"Remembering Injustice" or "Strength of the Human Spirit"

An Introduction to Rhetoric and ERWC Unit 5.

After watching the video, answer the following questions with your group:

​1.) Who was the person that was memorialized in the video?
2.) Why do you think it is important to memorialize events/people?
3.) Why do you think Martin Luther King Jr. represents? Why would they choose him instead of a president?

Multiple Choice

Who was memorialized in the video?

• Frederick Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Madison

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Open Ended

Prior Knowledge check:

What do you already know about Martin Luther King Jr?

​Objectives/Learning Goals:

At the conclusion of the module, students will be able to

• Analyze oral and written arguments for text organization and structure and to identify language that creates cohesion 

• Analyze complex sentences to understand how they are structured and to determine the densely packed meanings in them 

• Evaluate how well authors structure oral and written texts, present their claims and evidence, and use language to persuade

• Apply knowledge of language and knowledge of register to writing argument texts

Notice the word "Monument" is noted as similar

Multiple Choice

What is a memorial?

• A memorial is a scientific theory
• A memorial is a form of transportation
• A memorial is a type of food
• A memorial is a physical object that is intended to help people remember and honor a person or event.

Multiple Choice

What can you infer that a monument is?

• A structure or building created to commemorate a person, event, or significant cultural or historical significance.
• A type of clothing
• A type of food
• A type of vehicle

Now you will look at different monuments. You will write down things that you notice for each one.
Answer the questions: What do you see? What do you notice? What do you think is the significance?

Open Ended

CLICK ON THE PHOTO, ON THE MEMORIAL IT STATES:

"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."

What do you see? What do you notice? What do you think is the significance?

Open Ended

CLICK ON THE PHOTO AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

What do you see? What do you notice? What do you think is the significance?

Open Ended

CLICK ON THE PHOTO AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

What do you see? What do you notice? What do you think is the significance?

Open Ended

CLICK ON THE PHOTO AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

What do you see? What do you notice? What do you think is the significance?

Don't forget to turn in your quickwrite!