1. Research the island of Dominica and present a report to your classmates, explaining the climate of the land, foods enjoyed there, and the history of the island.

2. In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision ruled that segregated schools went against the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. However, in Boston, as in many American cities, schools still tended to be segregated, partly due to official policy and partly because schools existed in neighborhoods that tended to house people of only one race. Examine the 1974 court decision by U.S. District Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr. that forced Boston schools to bus students out of their neighborhood school to other schools in the city, thereby achieving a racially diverse student body in all classrooms.

3. Look for more information about the 1975 Boston Red Sox team that featured the...