Awesome Olsen: The Skin I'm In (SS)

Essential Question

How are people similar to and different from each other?
What are the benefits and challenges of living in a diverse society?
What are the benefits and challenges of living in a diverse society?
How can we celebrate what we have in common while also honoring our differences?
How can we make connections across our differences?
How do communities become diverse?
How does an individual benefit from living in a diverse society?
How does an individual benefit from living in a diverse society?
What is the relationship between diversity and belonging?
What does it mean to say there is strength in diversity?

Texts

Literature

The Skin I'm In (Chapter 4)

Maleeka gets made fun of at school about her clothes, her grades, even the color of her skin. In this chapter, one of her teachers, with white blotches on her face, shows how she's been able to accept the skin she's in.

Sharon Flake

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

July 3, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Close and Critical Reading

Challenge the Text

Challenge the Text helps students ask and answer their own text-dependent questions by taking multiple perspectives and uncovering assumptions and biases within the text.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RL.6-12.2, RL.6-12.3, RL.6-12.6, RI.6-12.1, RI.6-12.2, RI.6-12.3, RI.6-12.6

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Write to the Source

Problem Solver

Problem Solver asks students to demonstrate their argumentative skills when identifying problems and solutions in writing.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

W.6-12.1, W.6-12.4, W.6-12.9

July 19, 2014

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Valeriefsu

Awesome Olsen: The Skin I'm In (SS)

The Skin I'm In (Chapter 4)

Challenge the Text

Problem Solver

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