Exploring culture

Essential Question

How can we create a fair and just community?
What can one person do to create a safe, welcoming place for all?

Texts

Informational

The Story of Suzie King Taylor

Doreen Rappaport tells the story of a young Suzie King Taylor and her brother who attended a secret school for black children in Georgia in the mid-1800s. Later on, Taylor would become the first black woman to teach openly in a freedmen's school.

Doreen Rappaport

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Subject

Civics

History

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

July 3, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Brain Share

During Brain Share, small groups of students rotate through stations, discussing and recording concepts from central texts. This strategy is a modified combination of gallery walks and jigsaw.

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, SL.3-5.1, SL.3-5.2

July 13, 2014

Community Inquiry

Fishbowl

Fishbowl is a strategy for organizing medium- to large-group discussions. Students are separated into an inner and outer circle. In the inner circle, or fishbowl, students have a discussion; students in the outer circle listen to the discussion and take notes.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, SL.3-5.1, SL.3-5.2, SL.3-5.6

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Artistic Expression Showcase

Students produce original art (visual art, music, drama or poetry) that conveys an anti-bias or social justice message. Students then plan a public showcase of their work.

Grade Level

3-5

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

katelynwarren5

Exploring culture

The Story of Suzie King Taylor

Brain Share

Fishbowl

Artistic Expression Showcase

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