MWH Summative Assessment

Name:__________________________________

GENOCIDE TODAY (?)

For this assignment, you must write a speech explaining whether or not an issue in
America is or is not genocide or a stage of genocide. You may use one of the issues from the
gallery OR an issue you know of. Your speech must:
Thoroughly explain why the issue is or isnt genocide
Include context or background about your issue
Cite at least 1 piece of evidence from the gallery or from your research
Address a counter-argument and disprove.
Address the importance of recognizing genocide and how to prevent it
Be persuasive and attempt to convince listeners of your argument.

SPEECH BRAINSTORM
Issue:
What do I know about this issue from
experience or previous knowledge?

What do I know about this issue from the

gallery?

Source:______________________________________
___
Reasons why it is genocide or a stage of
genocide:

Reasons why it isnt genocide or a stage

of genocide:

What evidence from the gallery supports

this?

What evidence from the gallery supports

this?

OPTIONAL SPEECH OUTLINE

Possible Sentence Frames
POINT
- Is your
issue genocide or
stage of
genocide?

CONTEXT/
EVIDENCE
- What is
your issue? What
are the details?
How long has it
been an issue?
Who is the
target? Who is
the perpetrator?

ANALYSIS

- Why is this
genocide or a
specific stage in
genocide?

SO WHAT

_______
(Issue)

______
____________________________________
is / is not
genocide / (a stage of genocide)

because ____________________________________________.

__________ has been ____________ against _________________ since

_________.
(Perpetrator)
(Issue)
(Target)
In the ____________, we saw/heard _______________________________.
(source)

Though some may say _____________________________________, I think

____________________________________________________________
because __________________________________.
This is important because

- Why is this _______________________________________________________.

important? How
can we prevent or We must ______________.
stop the
genocide? What
I will ________________________.
can I do? What
can my
community do?
What do people in

power need to
do?
WHEN COMPLETE, PARTNER UP WITH SOMEONE TO FILM SPEECH ON AN iPAD.
FOR A 4: YOU MUST FILM SPEECH AND SUBMIT THE WRITTEN SPEECH BY LEAVING YOUR
NOTEBOOK ON THE SHELF.

GALLERY SOURCES
Reservations

Images and pine ridge stats

Graduation & Push out

Madison High School Report Card (ODE)

*Somewhere in America slam poem & transcript
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YshUDa10JYY
Portland Public Schools Graduation Rates 2014-15:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CIHfOHYwOHsjA5j7ueFxOGAC
0W0Xb4HhZXgjp27zIhM/edit?usp=sharing
School to Prison Pipeline Infographic:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1knkEji55j9DLb9SvO9mGzyva2xZsy
BfV4uZbW2I6Mdk/edit?usp=sharing

Gentrification

*INTERACTIVE MAP
http://projects.oregonlive.com/maps/gentrification/
*HELLA WHITE NEWS CLIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=812z58UCfQE
Letter from mayor
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/1004532/pdc-response-topaalf.pdf
Priced Out trailer: https://vimeo.com/148952571

Police Brutality & Criminal

Justice

IMAGE Prison Project Pie chart

Poem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C_KRGr_quA
Unarmed Melissa Harris Perry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0th_Wm2oNQ
IMAGE http://www.graphs.net/wp-

content/uploads/2012/07/police-brutality-statistics.jpg
Donald Trump & Hate Groups

MAP of hate groups:

SPLC Map:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a4iVXnMfn4AMq2NsPSdybZLvpVK
XeiBCd4sw9l6Ih4E/edit?usp=sharing
MAP of Trump support
Immigrants rapists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jaz1J0s-cL4
Muslims https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv58V6KvKyE

SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA
Get Lit
Featuring: Belissa Escobedo, Zariya Allen & Rihannon McGavin
Produced By: Youth Speaks
Here in America, in every single state, they have a set of standards for every subject
A collection of lessons that the teacher's required to teach by the end of the term
But the greatest lessons you'll ever teach us will not come from your syllabus
The greatest lessons you will ever teach us, you will not even remember
You never told us what we weren't allowed to say
We just learned how to hold our tongues
Now somewhere in America, there is a child holding a copy of "Catcher in the Rye" and
there is a child holding a gun
But only one of these things have been banned by their state government
And it's not the one that can rip through flesh
It's the one that says F you on more pages than one
Because we must control what the people say, and how they think
And if they want to become the overseer of their own selves, then we'll show them a real
one
And somewhere in America, there's a child sitting at his mother's computer, reading the
homepage of the KKK's website, and that's open to the public
But that child will never have read "To Kill a Mockingbird" because the school has banned
it for it's use of the "N" word
Maya Angelou is prohibited because we're not allowed to talk about rape in school
We were taught that 'just because something happens, doesn't mean you are to talk
about it'
They built us brand new shopping malls so that we'll forget where we're really standing
On the bones of the Hispanics, on the bones of the slaves, on the bones of the Native
Americans, on the bones of those who fought just to speak!
Transcontinental Railroad to Japanese Internment Camps
There are things missing from our history books
But we were taught that it is better to be silent, than to make them uncomfortable
Somewhere in America, private school girls search for hours through boutiques, trying to
find the prom dress of their dreams

While kids on the south side spending hours searching through the 'lost and found'
'cause winter's coming soon and that's the only jacket they have
Kids are late to class for working the midnight shift
They give awards for best attendance, but not for keeping your family off the streets
These kids will call your music ghetto, they will tell you you dont talk right
Then theyll get in the backseat of a car with all their friends singing bout how Theyre
bout that life and we cant stop
Somewhere in America, schools are promoting self confidence
While they whip out their scales and shout out your body fat percentage in class
While heftier girls are hiding away, and the slim fit beauties cant help but giggle with
pride
The preppy kids go thrift shopping cause they think it sounds real fun
But we dont cause thats all we got money for
Cause momma works for the city, momma only gets paid once a month
Somewhere in America, a girl is getting felt up by a grown man on the subway
Shes still in her school uniform and thats part of the appeal
Its hard to run in knee socks and Mary Janes, and all her male teachers know it too
Coaches cover up the star players raping freshmen after the dance
Women are killed for rejecting dates, but God forbid I bring my girlfriend to prom
Girls black out drunk at the after party, take a picture before her wounds wake her
How many pimples your sanity worth? Whats a 4.0 to a cold jury?
Whatd you learn in class today?
Dont walk fast, dont speak loud, keep your hands to yourself, keep your head down
Keep your eyes on your own paper, if you dont know the answer, fill in C
Always wear earbuds when you ride the bus alone
If you feel like someones following you, pretend youre on the phone
A teacher never fails, only you do
Every state in America, the greatest lessons, are the ones you dont remember learning

PINE RIDGE RESERVATION

From 1980 to 2000, the counties that make up Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota
comprised the poorest of our nation's 3,143 counties. The 2000 census found them the third poorest,
not because things got better on Pine Ridge, but because things got worse on two other South Dakota
Indian Reservations.

Population
While the 2000 census reported a population of 15,521, a study by Colorado State University and
accepted by U.S. Housing & Urban Development (HUD) estimated the population at 28,000. Tribal
Government records show 38,000 enrolled members living on Pine Ridge Reservation.

Extreme Poverty
The poverty on Pine Ridge can be described in no other terms than third world. It is common to find
homes overcrowded, as those with homes take in whoever needs a roof over their heads. Many homes
are without running water, and without sewer.

Pine Ridge Statistics as of 2007

Unemployment rate of 80-90%
Per capita income of $4,000
8 Times the United States rate of diabetes
5 Times the United States rate of cervical cancer
Twice the rate of heart disease
8 Times the United States rate of Tuberculosis
Alcoholism rate estimated as high as 80%
1 in 4 infants born with fetal alcohol syndrome or effects
Suicide rate more than twice the national rate
Teen suicide rate 4 times the national rate
Infant mortality is three times the national rate
Life expectancy on Pine Ridge is the lowest in the United States and the 2nd lowest in
the Western Hemisphere. Only Haiti has a lower rate.

C. J. Shot, 3, bathes among dishes. The Oglala concept of tiospayethe unity of the extended familymeans that
homes are often overcrowded, especially with the severe housing shortage on the reservation. In 2008, when this
photograph was made, 22 people lived in the three-bedroom house. "These houses aren't who we are," says Oglala
activist Alex White Plume.

Bareback riders Carey Rouillard (left) and Travis New Holy stop for a neighborly chat in Evergreen, S.D. Oglala
have a traditional reverence for the horse, which they callsunka wakan, or sacred dog.

A passenger barely has room for the journey home in a car loaded with used clothing donated by a Colorado-based
Native American charity.