School to Prison Pipeline

Essential Question

What effect does injustice have on people and groups?
What is the difference between being treated unfairly by another person and receiving unequal treatment under the law?

Texts

Who Killed Kalief Browder?

Kalief Browder ended his own life after spending three years in a justice system that showed him no justice.

June 9, 2015

Multimedia

Ben DeSoto 'Understanding Poverty' exhibit

In this video, photojournalist Ben DeSoto discusses "Understanding Poverty," an exhibit featuring images of people and communities affected by poverty and homelessness.

Ben Tecumseh DeSoto

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Economics

Topic

Class

July 2, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Word Work

Meaning-Making Paragraphs

Students learn the meaning of vocabulary words by writing the word in multiple ways. Students write guided paragraphs about words from the central text then share their writing with peers.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

L.6-12.5, L.6-12.6

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Write to the Source

I'll Be the Judge

I’ll be the Judge asks students to demonstrate their argumentative and comparative writing skills.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

W.6-12.1, W.6-12.4, W.6-12.9

July 19, 2014

Plan Built By

MrFequiere

School to Prison Pipeline

Who Killed Kalief Browder?

Ben DeSoto 'Understanding Poverty' exhibit

Meaning-Making Paragraphs

I'll Be the Judge

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