Social Justice Learning Plan # 1: Reconstruction Wrap-up

Essential Question

Thinking about what we learned about Reconstruction and its manifest failures, what do we better understand about how bias and injustice have affected our country's history since 1877 ?

Texts

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

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

A strategy to introduce the anti-bias framework into group discussion and textual analysis. Students respond to and pose questions from the four anti-bias domains: identity, diversity, justice and action.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.4, SL.6-12.6

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Consuming and Creating Political Art

Students examine the history of political art. They then create their own murals, political cartoons or posters, demonstrating an understanding of social justice issues.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

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Social Justice Learning Plan # 1: Reconstruction Wrap-up

How Rich Are the Superrich?

Four Perspectives

Consuming and Creating Political Art

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Social Justice Learning Plan # 1: Reconstruction Wrap-up

How Rich Are the Superrich?

Four Perspectives

Consuming and Creating Political Art

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