Answer the following questions based on your own opinions! All questions relate to themes we will be reading about in our new book: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Question 1
1.
You should hold onto your dreams; if you work hard enough for them they will come true.
Question 2
2.
Quickly explain your choice for #1. Full sentences are not required.
Question 3
3.
Once children are grown, their parents are no longer responsible to provide them with money and housing.
Question 4
4.
Quickly explain your choice for #3. Full sentences are not required.
Question 5
5.
We should think of the United States as a “melting pot” in which people from many cultures
leave their differences behind and only follow “American” customs and traditions.
Question 6
6.
Quickly explain your choice for #5. Full sentences are not required.
Question 7
7.
Neighbors have the right to decide what kind of community they want to have—including who lives in that neighborhood.
Question 8
8.
Quickly explain your choice for #7. Full sentences are not required.
Question 9
9.
A parent and child often disagree about the way the child should live his/her life.
Question 10
10.
Quickly explain your choice for #9. Full sentences are not required.
Question 11
11.
MOST people don’t try hard enough to understand another person's problems.
Question 12
12.
Quickly explain your choice for #11. Full sentences are not required.
Question 13
13.
When someone insults you, it is best to ignore them and walk away.
Question 14
14.
Quickly explain your choice for #13. Full sentences are not required.
Question 15
15.
It is the man’s responsibility to provide financially for the family.
Question 16
16.
Quickly explain your choice for #15. Full sentences are not required.
Question 17
17.
In a family, it is the woman’s responsibility to care for the children and keep the home in order (cook, clean, etc.).
Question 18
18.
Quickly explain your choice for #17. Full sentences are not required.
Question 19
19.
Society determines gender roles (examples: “women’s work,” male head of household, etc.) and there’s nothing we can do to change them.
Question 20
20.
Quickly explain your choice for #19. Full sentences are not required.
Question 21
21.
People should always dress and fix their hair in a way acceptable to society.
Question 22
22.
Quickly explain your choice for #21. Full sentences are not required.
Question 23
23.
Question 24
24.
Write a 6-9 sentence journal about where you thoroughly explain why you agree or disagree with the statement you picked in question 23.
Be sure to use correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
For this final section, you will be picking one of the questions from Part 1 to write a 6-9 sentence journal about where you thoroughly explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.