Monday MM - February 1st

Good Morning - Week "A"

Make this first week of February Amazing for each student.  Two topics to bring relevance to instruction this week;

ORIGINS OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH

The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after theThirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. That September, the Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), an organization dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by black Americans and other peoples of African descent. Known today as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the group sponsored a national Negro History week in 1926, choosing the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The event inspired schools and communities nationwide to organize local celebrations, establish history clubs and host performances and lectures.

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month

cau·cus

ˈkôkəs/

noun

1. 1.

   a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy.

   synonyms:

   meeting, assembly, gathering, congress,conference, convention, rally, convocation "caucuses will be held in eleven states"
2. 2.

   a group of people with shared concerns within a political party or larger organization.

   synonyms:

   members, party, faction, camp, bloc, group, set,band, ring, cabal, coterie, pressure group "the conservative caucus"

verb

NORTH AMERICAN

1. 1.

   hold or form a caucus.