Middle School
biography
August 14 reading ideas
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August 14 connects Navajo Code Talkers Day, Ernest Everett Just’s birthday and the signing of the Social Security Act. These readings span language, biological research and public policy; keep each history in its own context.
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Navajo Code Talkers Day recognizes the Navajo men who used Diné language in military communications. Unbreakable Voices: Chester Nez and the Navajo Code Talkers describes both the use of language and the government policies that had earlier suppressed it. Do not reduce the community’s language to a tool alone.
Ernest Everett Just was born on August 14, 1883. Just studied how cells respond to their surroundings. Identify one observation from the reading and explain what further evidence a scientist would need to support a conclusion.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935. The Social Security Act established federal programs in 1935. Separate the law’s signing date from later program changes, then identify which claim the reading supports.
