YOUR
TOPIC SENTENCE:
The paired passage “The Man Who Preserved Blood” illustrates how Dr.
Charles Drew researched the means to collect and preserve human blood, worked
for the Red Cross, and took a stance against racism.
KEY
FACTS
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In 1933 he worked in the ER as a doctor
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A little girl was in an accident and died because there was no way to
store blood.
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Drew researched and found a system to collect and store blood.
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Became a Red Cross director who collected blood for the U.S. military.
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Resigned in protest when blood was not accepted from African Americans
in 1941.
·
The ignorant act was lifted and now skin color doesn’t matter for blood
donation.
Power Words
Blood
banks
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Preserve
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Supply
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Storage,
Store, Conserve
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Systematic
/ Systematically
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Collection
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American
Red Cross
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U.S.
Armed Forces
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Ignorance,
ignorant
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African-American
|
Caucasian
|
Donars
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Relentless
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Resignation,
Resign
|
Policies
|
Eligability,
Eligable
|
Sanguinary
Fluid
|
Hematology
|
Hemotologist
|
Medical
|
Employment
|
Donate
|
Bestow
|
|
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Email final paragraph to:
jc14bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us
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