Making Connections with Till-Mobley

Directions: Read the quote below, and then make ONE connection with another text you've read, with yourself, or with the world.

Two months ago I had a nice apartment in Chicago. I had a good job. I had a son. When something happened to the Negroes in the South I said, "That's their business, not mine." Now I know how wrong I was. The murder of my son has shown me that what happens to any of us, anywhere in the world, had better be the business of all of us. _ Mamie Till-Mobley

1. Text-to-Text: How do the ideas in this quote remind you of another text (story, book, movie, song, etc.)? Complete one of the following statements:

What I just read reminds me of ________ because . . . The ideas in this text are similar to the ideas in __________ because . . . The ideas in this text are different from the ideas in ___________ because . . .

2. Text-to-Self: How do the ideas in this quote relate to your own life, ideas, and experiences? Complete one of the following statements:

What I just read reminds me of the time whe I . . . I agree with/understand in my own life . . . I don't agree with/understand what I just read because in my own life . . .

3. Text-to- World: How do the ideas in this quote relate to the larger world ____ past, present, and future? Complete one of the following statements:

What I just read makes me think about _____ (a time from the past) because . . . What I read makes me think about ________ ( an event from today related to my own community, nation, or world) because . . . What I just read makes me wonder about the future because . . .