Monday, November 26, 2018

Prince Edward, Week 4

  • Why do you think sit-ins had such a strong effect for the Civil Rights movement? Why was the school closings, as Green asserts, an "embarrassment" to the country? What was the country embarrassed about?
  • Here is the Norman Rockwell painting that Green writes about (164):

How do you read this painting? What effect does it have for you as a viewer?
  •  In an interview on pp. 196-198, Green asks former high school history teacher, Peggy Cave, "How can it be wrong to discuss history?" How would you answer that question? Why does Cave resist "rehashing this thing"? 
What questions do you have about the reading? 

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