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During my final observation I ate lunch with social studies department. Class began by Mr. Velotta calling each student up one by one to check if their homework was completed. He began his lesson on a PowerPoint called “The War at Home”. The PowerPoint had fill ins that related to the students’ homework. Mr. Velotta called on students for the answers. As the lesson continued, he focused a lot on propaganda during World War I. He used actual visuals from the time period and linked each of the photos to the lesson.

During the lesson he also explained the Great Migration. This historical event was thousands of African American families who picked up their entire lives and moved to the North. They were moving because of all the job openings in factories since so many workers were gone over seas fighting in the war. While these families moved North, they experienced racial backlash, especially in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Velotta used building bridges by explaining the racial tensions and discrimination that happened in that time period and linking it to modern times. For example, the Ferguson riots and the University of Missouri protests.