NYS ELA Parallel Tasks for Part 1

Parallel Task 1	Mini - Lessons	Contributing School District
Values and the Impact they Have on Human Relationships: Your English class is discussing values and the impact they have on human relationships. You have been asked to write an essay about the author and the way in which his values shaped his relationship with his son.	"Meet the Writer" - activities will address active listening skills. "Tough Seasons of the Heart" - activity on A-Z method of taking notes "Why I Wear a Plastic Dinosaur" - practicing the task	North Rockland School District Debra Weatherwax, Lenore Gavigan, Francisco Garcia, Port Chester High School Deborah Giacopelli, David Terry, Joanne Marx
Women's Rights and the Contributions they have Made: Your US History class is doing an assignment on Women's Civil Rights and the contributions that women have made in improving the social and political laws that prevented women from having the same rights as men.		Sprain Brook Academy High School Thelma Dean & Donald Gelston
Man's Inhumanity to Man: You have been asked to write an essay about Elie Wiesel's experience during the Holocaust and his view of atrocities in the 20th century		Center for Career Services, BOCES Christine Kincart, Joan Edwards
Preserving the First Amendment: Your class has been discussing the importance of preserving the First Amendment and its impact on censorship.		Center for Special Services BOCES Jill Cohen
Civil Right's Movement: Write an essay that will compare and contrast the views of Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln as they relate to American values and expectations.		Center for Special Services BOCES Samuel Hedrick, Frank D'Ambrosio
	Cesar Chavez as Union Organizer	Pt. Chester Schools
Martin Luther King: Problems in society and what the future holds	Lesson 1	Peekskill School District
	Searching for Roots	Mt Vernon J. Acerbi, E. Budhai, R.Ceballos, R. Estevez
	Immigration	New Rochelle: M. Monteleone, X. Rippley, C.Sanchez
Impact of Immigrants		E. Ramapo District