Is the American Dream for everyone?

Essential Question

How do we remain true to ourselves as we move in and out of different communities, cultures and contexts?
What privilege do people have based on their identity?
What is the relationship between diversity and inequality?
How could one person’s identity threaten another person’s rights?
How can the lived experiences of individuals reflect social inequities?
How does power determine access and opportunity?

Texts

Debunking the Mobility Myth

The American dream discriminates on the basis of color. How do we explain that to African-American children?

Issue 58, Spring 2018

Teaching Strategies

Close and Critical Reading

Generating Interactions between Schemata and Texts (GIST) is a summarization procedure that helps students digest complex texts by requiring contextual word learning. GIST explicitly combines the most important words with reading and writing to comprehend complex texts.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2, RL.3-5.4, RI.3-5.4, RF.3-5.4, L.3-5.4

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Write to the Source

So What?

So What? asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and informative skills when writing to gain the understanding of others.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

W.6-12.2, W.6-12.4, W.6-12.9

July 19, 2014

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Is the American Dream for everyone?

Debunking the Mobility Myth

GIST

So What?

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