Use page numbers and quotes from Gang Leader for a Day, Chapter 2 (First Days on Federal Street”) and Chapter 3 (“Someone to Watch Over Me”), as well as our Violence text and any source you research to address the issues below. Enter directly onto the Journal page; no links to documents.” Number your responses for clarity.<\/p>\n
1. Why does JT, a college graduate, return to the projects to lead the Black Kings? Why doesn’t he choose a different kind of life? (Chapter 2)<\/p>\n
2. How is a gang run like a business? (Chapter 2) Why don’t gang members just go work in a legitimate business?<\/p>\n
3. Why do the residents of the Robert Taylor projects need “Someone to watch over me”, as the 3rd chapter is titled? Who is watching over them, instead of the police? Why?<\/p>\n
4. Gang Leader is set in Chicago. What does our Violence text say, on pages 250 and 251, about why Chicago has such a high rate of gang violence?<\/p>\n
5. Why do young men join gangs? Pick a couple of the reasons listed on pages 247-248 of our Violence text, and say how they show up in the assigned Gang Leader chapters.<\/p>\n
6. What good things do the Black Kings do for the community, and briefly research whether the gang MS-13 makes similar claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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