involving sexual abuse. randy gyllenhaal is live outside pen ridge high school. what have you been able to figure out about the assignment that caused such outrage? reporter: well, at first glance the questions do seem salacious. i ll show you what was posted online that parents got wind of. questions about sexual abuse as well as some about prostitution. it s important to add context. the questions were referring to the autobiography of maya angelou, a civil rights poet and a activists. some students say her story should not be censored. this young woman was assigned that work sheet, a math assignment based around the life of maya angelou. other questions were born she was born in this place, this many years old. reporter: two questions on the work sheet causing anger from some parents, one asks about angelou suffering from sexual abuse. another asking about her time working as a prostitute to support her young child. we have a lot of sad stuff in our curriculum. it
your neighborhood forecast anytime. how do you do that? you just tap on the nbc 10 app. again, we re watching severe storms moving through parts of our area. all this coming at the holiday weekend, officially here now. that means people are kicking off the fourth of july celebration everywhere from the jersey shore. the delaware beaches and right here in our nation s birthplace. these roller skaters will get a great view of tonight s wawa welcome america s fireworks show over penn s landing. we begin with brandon hudson who s live at penn s landing. brand brandon, fireworks show isn t the only thing tonight, right? reporter: we saw people out here with their umbrellas. you can look over my right and see some roller skating rink. people skating there. how is it going? how are you doing? this whole complex is like a huge playground. you have people playing corn hol. you have connect 4 and putt putt golf. if you re a kid, it s the place to be. if you re an adult, it makes
first alert neighborhood weather on this holiday weekend. good morning, george. today is going to be a gorgeous day in the forecast. lots to talk about because we have some weather changes on the approach. so kind of a mixed bag. now, if you look just to the east of our area we can see that frontal boundary continuing to work its way offshore, a little active moving across parts of the carolinas but notice not much going on locally. however, you will notice a kick up of wind speed, northwesterly between 15 and 25 miles an hour, technically considered a breezy day. further out west we do have a high pressure system affecting the four corners. this will pretty much stay put here. we have a high pressure system working across the ohio valley, a low pressure system that will develop across the tennessee valley. this will be one of the weather makers. also a frontal boundary that will continue to stall out at least through tuesday. we do have clouds developing later today into t
you covered. first alert meteorologist erika martin has your neighborhood weather on this fourth of july holiday weekend. erika. george, a gorgeous start to the day, that live look outside, absolutely stunning, the issue for today a little breezy to start the day, north-westerlies between 15 and 20 miles per hour, otherwise notice that frontal boundary well offshore, not the story here. a little active out west, but right now everything remains high and dry. we do have a break in those clouds so some sunshine for this daytime but clouds make a come back later this afternoon. if you look at the bottom of your screen you will see your local neighborhood forecast. 71 degrees, that s our current temperature in philadelphia. north-westerlies 6 miles per hour. so notice they are a little calmer right now. by the end of the day i do expect those winds to calm down, temperatures a little cooler, we re only going to top out mainly in the upper 70s, low mid 80s for a few of you, othe
to talk about in more detail in my extended forecast because i do think we will see some showers so i will see you in just a few minutes with my extended ten-day outlook. george, back to you. erika, thank you very much. we are celebrating america s birthday with a big party. today is day six of the wawa welcome america festival. nbc 10 s monique braxton is live on independence mall with a look at what is in store today. monique. reporter: hey, george. in just a couple minutes the flag will be raised here at the national constitution center and a few feet away from that is a full scale revolutionary war reenactme reenactment. there are historians who will relive the 1776 experience and answer your questions.y]/ñ now, this is just one of many exhibits showcasing philadelphia s role in america s birthplace. today the national constitution center is free to the public. we re showing you video of the fun last year. inside you ll find a 17-minute theatrical performance, freedo