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Fair Justice Makes Fair Diversity

By Birdmantt
Grade Level
9-12
private
LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • How do our similarities and differences impact the relationships we have with people inside and outside our own identity groups?
  • What do we gain when we learn about the lived experiences of other people?
  • What is the relationship between diversity and inequality?
  • How do different people or groups represent and express their power?
  • What shared beliefs have inspired social justice movements in history?
  • What is solidarity and why is it important to social movements?
  • How is empathy a seed of social action?
  • Does everyone have an equal responsibility to stand up to injustice?
  • What responsibility does an individual have to make society better?
  • How can individuals learn to talk about injustice and remain civil?
Texts
Informational

Freedom's Main Line

One of the earliest assaults on segregated transit in the South occurred in Louisville, Ky., in 1870-71. There, the city’s black community organized a successful protest that relied on nonviolent direct action, a tactic that would give shape to the modern civil rights movement nearly a century later.
by
Maria Fleming
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Topic
Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
December 6, 2017
Teaching Strategies
Word Work

Vocabulary Frames

Students use this tool to identify a word’s meaning, its parts and its opposite. After organizing the information on an illustrated flashcard, students practice using the word in a sentence.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
CCSS
L.6-12.4, L.6-12.6
July 19, 2014
Student Tasks
Write to the Source

Break It Down

Break it Down asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and descriptive writing skills.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
CCSS
W.6-12.2, W.6-12.4, W.6-12.9
July 19, 2014
Plan Built By
Birdmantt

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