Black History Month
This person was the first guard to be drafted by the NBA out of high school, played for the Los Angeles Lakers his entire professional career, and was the youngest player to start an NBA game.
Who is Kobe Bryant
This person refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama…
Who is Rosa Parks
BONUS BONUS BONUS: What is her nickname?
A poem filled with figurative language creating the image of a morning sunrise.
What is to Entertain
Sitting around a campfire is a classic summer camping tradition. Before you can tell scary stories, though, you will need to build your fire. Begin by gathering fire wood from around your camp. In addition to wood, you will need other tinder like pine needles, bark, or dead plants to help ignite the fire. Then, dig a small pit for your fire and build a ring of stone around it for maximum safety. Place your wood and tinder into the pit and start the fire using an ignition source such as a match. Once ignited, slightly blow on your flame to build heat. When you have a flame, use large pieces of firewood to build a teepee. Now sit back and relax in front of your roaring campfire!
What is Sequence
BONUS BONUS BONUS 100pts: What does the word "Tinder" mean and what context clue did you use to figure out its meaning?
“Did you see timothy eat that junior double cheese baconator burger? Gosh all guys are slobs.”
What is Hasty generalization fallacy
This person was the first fighter to win the world heavyweight championship on three separate occasions?
They also successfully defended the heavyweight championship title 19 times.
Who is Muhammad Ali
This person was an American social critic and novelist whose work focused on racial, gender and class distinctions in the mid-1900s
Who is James Baldwin
A textbook explaining the mathematical steps to solve an equation.
What is to Inform
During severe droughts, when fire danger is high due to an unusual lack of rain, many places will order a fire ban. A fire ban prohibits anyone from lighting fires, especially campfires, because the danger of them igniting an entire forest or grassland is large. While it may seem pointless to go camping with no campfire, there are a few things you can do instead. Be sure everyone in your group has a headlamp so they can see where they are going at night. Bring ready-to-eat meals that only require water—and not heat—to prepare. Prepare yourself for more mosquitos than usual, and bring plenty of bug spray. Pack layers of clothing so that you don’t get too cold without the warmth of the fire. Instead of telling stories by the campfire, enjoy an evening of star-gazing. When it gets dark enough, turn off your head lamp, sit silently in the dark, and listen to all the sounds that nature has to offer. Camping without a campfire can still be enjoyable!
What is Problem and Solution
WOW. Everyone is listening to Durk's new song. It's the best song out, why haven't you listened to it yet?
What is a Bandwagon Fallacy
This person was the first African American president of the United states?
They also have 2 dogs named Bo and Sunny.
Who is Barack Obama
BONUS BONUS BONUS: What years did he serve as our president?
This person was one of the first African American children to attend a previously white-only elementary school in Louisiana.
Who is Ruby Bridges
A speech written by a member of the debate team in preparation for the school debate.
What is to Persuade
Humans are cutting down mangrove trees. As a result, the pygmy sloth feeds almost exclusively on the leaves of red mangrove trees where it makes its home. Another consequence of cutting down red mangrove trees is that the pygmy sloths are now endangered. Over the last decade, their population has decreased by eighty percent.
What is Cause and Effect
"Vote for me or live through four more years of higher taxes. America, Love it or leave it."
What is False dilemma Fallacy
This person made their Major League Baseball debut on April 15, 1947, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.
They also became the first African-American baseball player in Major League history.
Who is Jackie Robinson
This person was an escaped enslaved woman who became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, leading enslaved people to freedom before the Civil War.
Who is Harriet Tubman
An article written to convince the reader that hybrid cars are more efficient.
What is to Persuade
The life cycle of a sloth first starts with the birth of a baby sloth. Shortly after birth, the young sloth wraps itself around its mother and clings to her to feed. Then, the mother sloth nurtures the young sloth and teaches it to eat leaves. For six months, the young sloth grows bigger and stronger. Finally, when the young sloth is strong enough to leave its mother, it goes off to find its own food.
What is Sequence
“I just got to Ms. Avery's class and I can already tell this is going to be the hardest class I have ever taken!"
What is Hasty generalization Fallacy
This person was the First African American Supreme Court (judge) Justice
They also tried the famous case Brown v. Topeka…
Who is Thurgood Marshall
This person was an American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and made the African American experience the subject of his writings, which ranged from poetry and plays to novels and newspaper columns.
Who is Langston Hughes
A poem filled with figurative language creating the image of a morning sunrise
What is Entertain
Sloths are furry, tree-dwelling mammals that have many interesting characteristics. For example, their fur patterns make their eyes appear sad, but makes their face look smiling. Sloths are best known for other characteristics, such as their sleep pattern and movement. Sloths sleep and incredible twenty hours per day! When they finally wake, they move very slowly. They do all this to conserve energy. If you've never seen a sloth, you might think it looks scary with its long claws. However, you shouldn't be frightened. Sloths are harmless creatures that only eat plants, twigs, and leaves. If you want to see wild sloths, you can find them living in the canopy of the rainforests in Central and South America.
What is Description
“He’s not a great athlete; he’s a fraud, a cheat and a liar. That’s why not everyone is ‘happy for Lance.'”
What is Ad hominem Fallacy