Social Justice & Diversity

Essential Question

What is a just society?

Texts

Literature

Echoes

You can see, hear, feel, and taste the injustice, frustration, and naiveté experienced at this ladies' get together.

Pat Mora

Grade Level

6-8

Topic

Class Immigration

July 3, 2014

Literature

Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question

In this poem, the speaker--who is Native American--responds to a series of unspoken discriminatory questions. The reader can deduce the missing questions based on the speaker's responses.

Diane Burns

Grade Level

6-8

July 3, 2014

Literature

Using repetition, similes and metaphors, this poem speaks of overcoming oppression—specifically slavery—with poise and pride. Despite all of the hardships, the speaker emphasizes a sense of confidence and hope.

Maya Angelou

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

History

Topic

Slavery Rights & Activism

July 3, 2014

Visual

Woman Suffrage Headquarters

This 1912 photo was taken outside the woman suffrage headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. Far right in the photo is Miss Belle Sherwin, President, National League of Women Voters.

League of Women Voters (U.S.) Records

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

February 13, 2017

Visual

Just a Joke: Where Alt-Right Guys Get Their Start

Sage Coffey is a non-binary cartoonist in Chicago, IL. They Graduated from SCAD Atlanta with a Bachelor's in Sequential art and Animation in 2015. Since 2016 they've edited Sweaty Palms, a comic anthology about anxiety.

Sage Coffey

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

January 26, 2018

Teaching Strategies

Close and Critical Reading

Text Graffiti

This strategy exposes students to multiple short pieces of a text before they read it in its entirety. Students read selected quotes out of context and comment on both the selection and the comments of other students. The activity ends with students reflecting on their reactions to and predictions about the text.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Write to the Source

Break It Down

Break it Down asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and descriptive writing skills.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

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

July 19, 2014

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Social Justice & Diversity

Echoes

Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question

Still I Rise

Woman Suffrage Headquarters

Just a Joke: Where Alt-Right Guys Get Their Start

Text Graffiti

Break It Down

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Social Justice & Diversity

Echoes

Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question

Still I Rise

Woman Suffrage Headquarters

Just a Joke: Where Alt-Right Guys Get Their Start

Text Graffiti

Break It Down

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