Monday, April 27, 2015



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

·       In 1933 he worked in the ER as a doctor

·       A little girl was in an accident and died because there was no way to store blood.

·       Drew researched and found a system to collect and store blood.

·       Became a Red Cross director who collected blood for the U.S. military.

·       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

Preserve

Supply

Storage, Store, Conserve
Systematic / Systematically
Collection

American Red Cross

U.S. Armed Forces

Ignorance, ignorant

African-American

Caucasian

Donars

Relentless

Resignation, Resign

Policies

Eligability, Eligable

Sanguinary Fluid

Hematology

Hemotologist

Medical

Employment

Donate
Bestow



Email final paragraph to:  
jc14bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us



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