1921+Sacco+and+Vanzetti+Trial

Home TIMELINE TOPICS ASSIGNMENT: Who Is A Person In America? SACCO AND VANZETTIBY,JOHN SCHUMAN = = Photo by: Wikipedia Photo by: Wikipedia Photo by: Paul Burnett

Write a journal/newspaper style article in which you take a neutral stance (as a reporter) and give the facts about the actual event. What led up to the event? What happened during the actual event? Did it have an “end” or is it unresolved? You are to write about this event __when it happened__, you are assuming the role of a reporter in 1850, 1920, etc., __not someone looking back from 2011__. You need to cite your sources, and they must include information only available during that time period. At least one source must be primary and/or an eyewitness account. **Important - This work will be submitted to TurnItIn.com. We will provide you information about using this helpful resource**!
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John Schuman August 23, 1927

__ SACCO AND VANZETTI PUT TO DEATH __ Today, August 23, 1927 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were sentenced to death. The two men were convicted 6 years ago of being the ones responsible for two murders and a robbery. Sacco and Vanzetti were both Italian Immigrants that came from an anarchist cell in South Boston and were dedicated to the violent overthrow of the government. On April 15th, 1920 someone killed Frederick Parmenter and Alessandro Beradelli, Parmenter was part of shoe company in Massachusetts and Beradelli was Parmenter’s guard. Also someone walked away from the murder with $15,000. (Liptak) Sacco and Vanzetti became suspects because of their background and we way we look Italian Immigrants. After a 7 week jury the case went to a jury. The jury ended convicting the two men guilty of these killings and the robbery. Sacco and Vanzetti appea led the verdict for 6 years. But as we now know they w ere eventually sentenced to death after the case couldn’t reach any other court. The jury decided that they be killed by the electric chair. This case has raised a big debate in our society. These two men were killed without a lot of evidence and were still considered innocent. This case has made us ask ourselves are we prejudicing against immigrants? Sacco definitely thought so, after being sentenced Sacco said, “I know the sentence will be between two classes” (Liptak). Now is he right or is he wrong? Many have different opinions about these two mens death. Task 1: Mastery Rubric A quality news article will: •open with an attention-grabbing headline •identify the author's name and the date of the publication (in the past) • develop the 5 W' s in three power paragraphs •paragraph 1: contain an interesting lead •paragraph 2: correctly cite a secondary source (an indirect quote) •paragraph 3: correctly cite a primary source (eyewitness account) •maintain appropriate journalistic voice • read like an article written in the same time period as the event occurred •be free of mechanics and Works Cited errors

Liptak, Adam. 1927 Sacco and Vanzetti. The New York Times Upfront. 19 Nov. 2007: 18. //eLibrary//. Web. 26 Sep. 2011.

Sacco-Vanzetti Case. The Great American History Fact-Finder. 1993. //eLibrary//. Web. 26 Sep. 2011.

TASK II What is the Argument? Do immigrants have the same amount of the right to due process.

PROMPT 1: Why did the majority of Americans not recognize the rights of members of this group? As Immigrants started coming over from Europe and other countries a nationwide fear of communists, socialists, anarchists, and other dissidents suddenly got Americans attention. We started to not view these immigrants as full people and the fear eventually became known as the Red Scare. There were bombing intended to kill high political people and a lot of violence from these communists known as the "Reds" ( Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia). America went into a sense of panic, nobody trusted anyone and if you didnt have extreme nationalism you were a suspect to most people. People with little or no evidence of being radicals were being arrested and searched without warrants. A man was arrested in New York for looking like a radical (Burnett). This just shows how high the panic meter was at the time. All of this has and still will make us debate on whether or not immigrants get a fair right to due process.

Sacco-Vanzetti case. Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia. 2005. eLibrary. Web. 01 Oct. 2011

Paul Burnett. The Red Scare. Famous American Trials. 2000.[|http://law2.umkc.edu]. Web. 01 Oct. 2011

PROMPT 2: How did advocates for the minority group shed light on this injustice? 2. Advocates shed light on this injustice because when they decided to come to America they were looking for freedom. They knew the rights we have in America and most wanted a new beginning. For example, Sacco and Vanzetti the two men convicted said, "Our struggles are against the biases of the American justice system." This shows that people thought that there was injustice in our system because a lot of people rallied behind these two men. That is why the killings of these two men is so controversy.

Robbins, Mark W. Sacco and Vanzetti: Rebel Lives. Historical Journal of Massachusetts, 2 (2010):178. eLibrary. Web. 02 Oct. 2011 __Paragraph 1:__ Analyze the impact of the literary or artistic work for the minority group and/or American society as a whole. [] This almost an overview of everything i have said in my first two tasks and really gets to the point of our fear of these radicals. It shows how we were scared of these immigrants and didnt trust anyone. Therefore some people probably didnt get there full rights as a Americans. The Red Scare really made the sentencing of Sacco and Vanzetti a lot easier because we felt we couldnt take any risks.This is today still something we argue about, do people that are originated from different countries have the same rights?
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Keyskeyboard.**The Red Scare**." Speech. Mar 10, 2011 . YouTube. 06 October. 2011.

__Paragraph 2:__ CLOSING-- How did the event impact the debate on the argument? The rights of people from different countries is and in the future still will be debated. Based on our past and present, Americans dont like to take chances and we will do anything to keep our people safe. For example, Aw-lawki was said to be part of Al- Queada and now he is dead, Sacco and Vanzetti were said to be part of these lunatic radicals trying to overthrow the government and now they died. It comes down to trust, if these immigrants dont show that we can trust them they might never have full rights.

An outstanding product will. •showcase a work that expresses a profound idea about your event and the argument surrounding it I don't think you quite have an understanding of this event. While the Sacco and Vanzetti case certainly did reflect prejudice against some immigrant groups, it was not directly tied in to the Red Scare. Also, the Youtube video you chose is a project completed by students, not a "work of art or literature" as required. Some of the images contained in the video are good and they might have better supported your points. •be the **best** example available, not simply the first one you find •demonstrate your ability to interpret the meaning of the literary or artistic piece Remember, we are looking for meaning and analysis. •use the extended power paragraph format as a means to express your understanding of the event, argument, and how art literature and art can reveal emotions and ideas •reference sources accurately •mechanics are clean and effective <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Please review your spelling and punctuation
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">An outstanding time line entry includes the following: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">•<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Opens by identifying you, the author, and your event with a banner headline (see an example of a banner on the top of this page). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Under the banner, in the table place two graphics or photos that illustrates an important aspect of the event. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">• Thoughtful responses to each prompt are supported by credible sources representing diverse perspectives on the event. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">• Each response should be posted in order (follow template instructions), contain few mechanic errors and follow the power paragraph format. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; text-align: left;"> • The credibility of each cited source is established and internal citations accurately match the Works Cited.• TASK I and TASK II each introduce and cite two new sources; TASK III cites one new source.• The Works Cited lists 5 credible sources from the LC databases.
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