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Issue 48, Fall 2014

Toolkit for A Conversation with Michelle Alexander

Michelle Alexander wrote The New Jim Crow to start conversations about race and mass incarceration in the United States. This toolkit develops student vocabulary about these themes and challenges them to create interview questions for another author who writes about social justice.

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Be A Good Boy

In 1920, Tennessee lawmaker Harry Burn followed his mother’s advice on a controversial vote—and changed voting rights history.

John Micklos Jr. & JooHee Yoon (illustrator)

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

January 23, 2017

teaching strategy

Community Inquiry

Save the Last Word for Me (3-5)

Save the Last Word for Me is a comprehension strategy that builds speaking and listening skills by structuring a text-based discussion for students. Students highlight two to three of the most important sentences of the central text, then discuss their text-based responses in small groups.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2, SL.3-5.1

July 13, 2014

student task

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

teaching strategy

Close and Critical Reading

Question-Answer Relationships (QAR)

QAR gives students practice questioning the text and identifying literal and inferential questions. Students learn to find different types of evidence and to rely on their own interpretation when doing close reading.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, RF.3-5.4

July 19, 2014

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Issue 42, Fall 2012

Be a Good Boy

Story Corner: In 1920, Tennessee lawmaker Harry Burn followed his mother's advice on a controversial vote—and "freed 17 million women from political slavery."

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Issue 52, Spring 2016