Additional Research on the issue: Should schools serve chocolate milk in schools?

Articles in favor of (for) serving it in schools: Dairy Councill of California (Click the link), NJ.com, Smithsonian Mag, The Lunch Tray

Articles against serving it in schools: Hard Facts about Flavored Milk, Connecticut Proposes Milk Ban in Schools, Video: LA School Districts Ban Chocolate Milk

Good readers build their background knowledge about the time period in which their story takes place! 

Find articles and videos about your book club time periods below!










Civil War BrainPop Click Here
Brain Pop sign in for video on Civil War Click Here
Learn more about the Civil War Here


Ellis Island and Immigration to the US
Click Here


Segregation in the US Click Here
Freedom Riders during segregation Click Here
Brainpop sign in for video on Civil Rights Click Here


World War II
Brainpop sign in video World War II and World War II causes Click Here

The Great Depression 
History.com video 1The Great Depression
History.com video 1 Click Here
The Great Depression in NY Click Here

Long Division Practice Khan Academy Click Here

Should Chocolate Milk be Served in Schools?  Video Center

Jamie Oliver fills a bus with sugar Click Here

Chocolate Milk Tasty Nutrition Click Here

The Civil Rights Movement

Welcome to the new unit on the Civil Rights Movement--an important movement in U.S. History that still shapes our society today.

You will be a reporter, teaching other students about important events during this time period.

Visit the following dictionaries and find the meaning of the following terms. Write the meaning in your content area notebooks.
 Yourdictionary , Merriam Dictionary , The Free Dictionary

Segregation	Integration	Discrimination	Racism	Suffrage
Boycott	Reform	Jim Crow Laws	Protest	Civil Rights

Choose 4 topics from the list below to research:

Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka: Click Here

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery:    Click Here

Freedom Riders:  Click Here

Little Rock Nine:  Click Here

Bloody Sunday: Click Here                             

Martin Luther King Jr. “I have a Dream” speech: Click Here 

Rosa Parks (Fighting for Integration on Busses): Click Here

Greenboro Sit-Ins: Click Here

For each topic you will write information that tell:

• ·         What happened?
• ·         Where and when did it happen?
• ·         Key people involved?
• ·         Why did it happen?
• ·         Who was affected by the event?         
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Computer Group: American Progress by John Gast Click Here