Don't Let My Looks Deceive You

Essential Question

What does it feel like to be belittled or criticized because of your identity?
What are the benefits and challenges of belonging to multiple identity groups?
What is the difference between feeling proud and feeling superior?
Why is it important to judge people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin, as Dr. King said?
What is the difference between being treated unfairly by another person and receiving unequal treatment under the law?

Texts

Let Black Students Be Kids: Down With 'Respectability'

We need to push back against the message that students’ intelligence and appearances are related.

December 9, 2015

Teaching Strategies

Close and Critical Reading

Agree/Disagree Statements

Agree/disagree statements challenge students to think critically about their knowledge of a topic, theme or text. The strategy exposes students to the major ideas in a text before reading—engaging their thinking and motivating them to learn more. It also requires them to reconsider their original thinking after reading the text and to use textual evidence to support and explain their thinking.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RF.3-5.4, RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Collage of Concerns

Students create visual artwork combining various images to convey diversity or social justice issues, concerns or themes related to the central text.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

mcgillr

Don't Let My Looks Deceive You

Let Black Students Be Kids: Down With 'Respectability'

Agree/Disagree Statements

Collage of Concerns

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