Dozier School for Boys

Essential Question

What effect does injustice have on people and groups?
How does injustice affect whose narrative we are exposed to, and which narratives are hidden from the public eye?

Texts

Multimedia

Knock Knock

Until Daniel Beaty was 3 years old, his father would "knock knock" on his door every morning. This performance explores the shaping of personal identity in an incarcerated parent's absence.

Daniel Beaty

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class Gender & Sexual Identity

October 30, 2014

Multimedia

StoryCorps: Father, Daughter and the Holocaust

“And I asked him everything that I ever wanted to ask. I asked him to tell me the real story.”

Debbie Fisher and Terrence Hicks

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Subject

History

Topic

Religion

July 8, 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

Be the Change...

Students identify and investigate a community problem and propose a solution. They then plan and implement action directed at solving the problem.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Do Something

Consuming and Creating Political Art

Students examine the history of political art. They then create their own murals, political cartoons or posters, demonstrating an understanding of social justice issues.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

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Dozier School for Boys

Knock Knock

StoryCorps: Father, Daughter and the Holocaust

Socratic Seminar

Be the Change...

Consuming and Creating Political Art

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