Ms. Vanessa's Class
Valentines Day
Hodge Podge
Movie: The Great Debaters
Traduccion
LOVE
100

Simplify: 

-11(x-3)

***DOUBLE BONUS***

-11x+33

100

der oser

red rose

100

Who said the following quote: "The air is the only place to be free from prejudices."

***BONUS***

Bessie Coleman

100

What HBCU is the subject of Great Debaters? 

***BONUS 1***

***BONUS 2***

Wiley College

100

177

ciento setenta y siete

100

Identify the protagonist and type in Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown.

Charlie Brown, hero protagonist

200

Name three African Americans you learned about that attended Fisk University.

***BONUS***

Nikki Giovanni, W.E.B DuBois, and Melvin Tolson

200

What sonnet was found on Sally's conversation heart? 

***BONUS 1***

***BONUS 2***

Sonnet 43

200

Give three 'truths' you learned about Abe Lincoln. 

Possible Answers: 

-He was educated; a lawyer and a politician

-He was more about not letting slavery spread to the west

-He thought whites were superior to blacks

-He had many failures in his lifetime in regards to business, politics and professionally

-His wife, Mary Todd, was the driving force of him becoming president

200

Which poem was recited at the beginning of the poem? 

***BONUS 1***

***BONUS 2***

'I, Too" by Langston Hughes
200

683

seis cientos ochenta y tres

200

Name the songs that we listened to in honor of Valentine's Day. 

***BONUS***

Valentine Girl; In Case You Didn't Know; Shake Your Love; God, Your Mama, and Me; Love You Like a Love Song

300

Solve for the variable: 

The difference of twice the number and fifteen is as much as three.

***BONUS 1***

***BONUS 2***

x=9

300

velo opem

love poem

300

What piece do you like most from Nick Cave and why? 

***BONUS***

Answers will vary.

300

What are the names of the four students that made it on the debate team? 

***BONUS 1***

***BONUS 2***

Hamilton Burgess, Henry Lowe, Samantha Booke, and James Farmer, Jr. 

300

I'm leaving.

Me voy.

300

What three things made Ms. Vanessa's Valentine complete? 

Watching Snoopy, New Kids on the Block and Boyz II Men

400

Name the historical and Bibical figures that have shaped Tolson's beliefs. 

***BONUS***

Jesus, Mozart, Shakespeare, Descartes, Lenin and Chladini

400

rrowa pidcu

arrow cupid

400

How old was Bessie Coleman when she died? What were the circumstances surrounding her death? 

***BONUS***

She died in a plane crash at the age of 34. 

400

Why did Samantha want to join the debate team? 

***BONUS 1***

***BONUS 2***

She thought it would be good practice for when she became a lawyer.

400

1,555

mil quinientos cincuenta y cinco

400

Sing the lines below and sing the line that goes in the blank.

You are beautiful, like a dream come alive, incredible

A centerfold, miracle, lyrical

You saved my life again

And I want you to know baby

____________________.

***BONUS***

I, I love you like a love song, baby

500

The intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship is known as _________. 

***BONUS 1***

***BONUS 2***

The Harlem Renaissance

500

latecohoc xob

chocolate box

500

Give me 5 facts about Fritz Pollard that have not been said today.

Possible Answers: 

-attended Brown University, -1st Black football player, -led the team to the Rose Bowl, -played for what is now known as the NFL, -inducted in the Football Hall of Fame in 2005, -1st Black coach of the NFL;

500

According to Melvin Tolson, what is the way out of ignorance? 

Education

500

Today I will overcome the past.

Voy a vencer el pasado.

500

Sing he lines below and sing the line that goes in the blank.

I got tired of waiting/ Wonderin' if you were ever comin' around/ My faith in you was fading/ When I __________________.

***BONUS***

met you on the outskirts of town, and I said Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone

600

Fill in the blanks: 

________, an abstract painter, uses _______ and ________ shapes to create his paintings as well as (_______ _______) that "sew" the entire painting together like ________. 

Reggie Laurent, an abstract painter, uses geometric and organic shapes to create his paintings as well as squiggly lines that "sew" the entire painting together like  thread.

600

yphha enintesval yda

Happy Valentines Day

600

Who is Sandra Douglas Morgan? Give three facts about her. 

***BONUS 1***

***BONUS 2***


She is the first Black woman to be President of a NFL Team.

Possible Answers: -grew up in Las Vegas, -admired Connie Chung, -biracial, -1st Black woman City attorney in Nevada

600

Identify three discrepancies between the movie and the actual events.

Possible Answers: The debate was actually against USC (University of Southern California), the girl on the team was actually Henrietta Bell Wells, James Farmer, Jr. was an observer that night, Henry Lowe was not a real person (Henry Heights), Burgess was actually Boswell and in the  crowd as well as the one that became a minister.

600

We only have today. 

Nomas nos queda hoy.

600

Provide an example of a hyperbole in "Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown.

Sonnet XLIII on the conversation heart.

700

"The Great Migration began because of a 'push and pull'." Explain how Jacob Lawrence depicted the 'push and pull'. 

Answers will vary.

700

The Roman Goddess of Love?

Venus

700

In 1924, what did Fritz Pollard do? What story is he connected to in CNN 10? 

He was the first Black coach in the NFL.  He is connected with the story on CNN 10 about the first black woman to be President of a NFL team.

700

"An unjust law is no law at all."

How many times was this quote used in the movie and provide specific places where they were found in the movie.

Two times; when Dr. James Farmer, Sr. was speaking to the sheriff to release Tolson after being arrested; when James Farmer Jr. gave the closing arguments in their debate against Harvard. 

700

9,734

nueve mil setecientos treinta y cuatro

700

Provide an example of dramatic irony in "Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown."

Sally thought the box of chocolates was for her, but the audience knew it was for Linus' teacher.