Seeing Through The Eyes of Others

Essential Question

How are people similar to and different from each other?
What effect does injustice have on people and groups?
How can we make connections across our differences?

Texts

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

Visual

How Rich Are the Superrich?

This graphic from Mother Jones magazine depicts income inequality in the United States.

Dave Gilson and Carolyn Perot

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Economics

Topic

Class

July 9, 2014

Informational

Brothers In Hope: The Story of The Lost Boys of Sudan

In this excerpt, Garang tells his story of how he became a lost boy when war destroyed his village. Walking with thousands of other orphaned boys, Garang travels thousands of dangerous miles from southern Sudan to a refugee camp in Ethiopia.

Mary Williams and R. Gregory Christie (illustrator)

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Subject

History

September 30, 2016

Teaching Strategies

Close and Critical Reading

Annolighting

“Annolighting” (annotating and highlighting) shows students how to identify critical information in a text during close reading. Students learn to annotate text, highlight important facts and summarize what they have read to capture main ideas, concepts and details.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2, RL.3-5.4, RI.3-5.4, RL.3.5, RI.3.5, L.3-5.4

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Write to the Source

A Two-Sided Coin

A Two-Sided Coin asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and comparative writing skills.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

W.6-12.2, W.6-12.4, W.6-12.9

July 19, 2014

Plan Built By

cdrapeau

Seeing Through The Eyes of Others

Ben DeSoto 'Understanding Poverty' exhibit

How Rich Are the Superrich?

Brothers In Hope: The Story of The Lost Boys of Sudan

Annolighting

A Two-Sided Coin

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