Injustice and Bias

Essential Question

Why is it important to recognize unfairness that occurs in society?
How do acts of injustice affect people in society?
What major acts of injustice have had an impact on our world today?
I can identify when something is unfair.
I can understand how many people's lives can be impacted by acts of injustice.
I can recognize specific examples of movements that have changed the world.

Texts

Literature

Echoes

You can see, hear, feel, and taste the injustice, frustration, and naiveté experienced at this ladies' get together.

Pat Mora

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Class Immigration

July 3, 2014

Literature

Lord, Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?

This poem features two speakers, a person and God. The person questions why God made him/her black and lists the negative associations with the color. God answers by showing all the beautiful ways humans are created.

RuNett Nia Ebo

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 7, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Socratic Seminar

A structured discussion in which students examine issues and respond to open-ended questions about a text. Students use dialogue rather than debate to communicate with each other.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.3, SL.6-12.4, SL.6-12.6

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Act Up! Drama for Justice

Students write and perform a skit or monologue that brings awareness to a specific issue addressed in the text.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

cmantzoukis

Injustice and Bias

Echoes

Lord, Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?

Socratic Seminar

Act Up! Drama for Justice

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