Hate Crime Words/ Tolerance

Essential Question

How does speech harm us? What are hate speech words? What are laws about hate crimes and 1st amendment speech?

Texts

Literature

Only One Me

This poem's speaker describes being bullied and feeling depressed and skipping school to avoid the harassment. Spiraling downhill emotionally, the speaker ultimately comes to accept and appreciate his/her unique identities.

Sean Mauricette (aka SUBLIMINAL)

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 8, 2014

Literature

i will be chosen

i will be chosen is an anthem for all middle schoolers who knows what it feels like to be left out. Now, they’ll know what it feels like to be included and to win, in more ways than one.

ramesh kathanadhi

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 9, 2014

Visual

Bullying

Pat Bagley says he created this cartoon "for all those who are cruelly made to feel out of place in this world."

Pat Bagley

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Bullying & Bias

July 2, 2014

Multimedia

StoryCorps: Registering to Vote

“He asked me, 'How many black jelly beans are in the jar...'”

Theresa Burroughs and Toni Love

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Subject

Civics

History

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Class Rights & Activism

July 8, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Word Work

Illustrated Vocabulary

In this visual strategy, students divide vocabulary words into parts and draw illustrations to represent the separate meaning of each part.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

L.6-12.4, L.6-12.6

July 19, 2014

Word Work

Prior Knowledge and Personal Association Surveys

These surveys ask students what they know or how they feel about specific words in the text they are reading.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 19, 2014

Word Work

Traits Matrix

In this semantic feature analysis strategy, students use a grid to show how vocabulary words relate to one another and to conceptual frameworks (e.g., masculine versus feminine).

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

L.6-12.4, L.6-12.5, L.6-12.6

July 19, 2014

Plan Built By

Ejacobs7

Hate Crime Words/ Tolerance

Only One Me

i will be chosen

Bullying

StoryCorps: Registering to Vote

Illustrated Vocabulary

Prior Knowledge and Personal Association Surveys

Traits Matrix

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