June 3, 2020
Please join us today at 10AM
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We are reading "Excerpt from My Mother’s Voice: The Proclamation" by Kay Mouradian.
Discussion:
In Kay Mouradian’s “Excerpt from My Mothers’ Voice: The Proclamation,” an Armenian family is notified that they must leave their home in Turkey.
Life in Hadjin drastically changes when a Turkish soldier hangs proclamation on the wall. How is Hagop’s and his family’s lives changed by war? Why does prejudice emerge during times of war? What are other examples of times in which discrimination and prejudice increased during war?
Homework- Due on Thursday June 4, 2020
Http://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/excerpt-from-my-mother-s-voice
Read the “ EXCERPT FROM MY MOTHER’S VOICE: THE PROCLAMATION by Kay Mouradian
https://www.commonlit.org/texts/excerpt-from-my-mother-s-voice
1.What is the central idea in the story “ EXCERPT FROM MY MOTHER’S VOICE: THE PROCLAMATION by Kay Mouradian
1b.Which TWO details from the text best support your central idea answer?
2.Life in Hadjin drastically changes when a Turkish soldier hangs proclamation on the wall. How is Hagop’s and his family’s lives changed by war? Why does prejudice emerge during times of war? What are other examples of times in which discrimination and prejudice increased during war?
3.The proclamation announces that Hagop and his family among others must prepare to leave their homes because they are Armenian. What effects does the prejudice against the Armenian people have on the characters in the text? Is there prejudice in your community or the world today? How does it affect those involved?
commonlit_excerpt-from-my-mother-s-voice_student.pdf
