How To Make Change with Gender/Identity Rights

Essential Question

What does it mean to be unfair? In class? In school? At home? In my community? In the world?
How do I know when people are being treated unfairly?
How does unfairness make me feel?
How have people stopped unfairness in the past?
When something is unfair does it affect everyone the same way?
Who decides what is fair?

Texts

Informational

The Day I Swam Into a New World

Frances dreams of swimming with her classmates, but will everyone be welcome at her new community pool?

Margaret Auguste

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Subject

Civics

History

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

August 6, 2015

Teaching Strategies

Responding to the Read-Aloud Text

Think Aloud

Think Aloud requires readers to stop during their reading to think, reflect and discuss their process. Readers talk about skipping text, rereading, searching back in the text for information, questioning, clarifying, summarizing, making connections, reflecting, predicting and visualizing.

Grade Level

K-2

CCSS

R.L.K-2.1, R.I.K-2.1

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Community Bulletin Board

Students showcase artwork and nonfiction writing that addresses issues they found in the text. The result is a visual, collaborative and creative representation of student learning and ideas. An alternative to the bulletin board is a community newsletter.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

Barr0nn7

How To Make Change with Gender/Identity Rights

The Day I Swam Into a New World

Think Aloud

Community Bulletin Board

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