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Social Justice through Hip-Hop

By Nehiyaw_Nine
Grade Level
9-12
private
LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • How do our various group identities shape us as individuals?
  • What part do culture and history play in the formation of our individual and collective identities?
  • What is the difference between feeling proud and feeling superior?
  • How do power and privilege change the way we express and present ourselves?
  • How do our similarities and differences impact the relationships we have with people inside and outside our own identity groups?
Texts
Informational

Blankets for the Dead

In 1830, the government began systematically removing all Native Americans from the Eastern United States. The removal of Cherokees from Georgia in 1838 has become known as the Trail of Tears. But there were, in fact, many such trails, as the Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles and other tribes were forced to abandon their homelands.
by
Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
August 22, 2016
Teaching Strategies
Community Inquiry

Four Perspectives

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

Be the Change...

Students identify and investigate a community problem and propose a solution. They then plan and implement action directed at solving the problem.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
July 13, 2014
Do Something

Spotlight on Change Agents

Students investigate, interview and profile a person working for equity and social change. The person can work on the local, national or international level, with an organization or as an individual. The compiled profiles will form a resource for other students in the future.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
July 13, 2014
Plan Built By
Nehiyaw_Nine

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