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Cindy Stratman
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Elementary Education, Language, Grammar and Vocabulary, Reading Literature, U.S. History
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Upper Primary
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    Education Standards

    Comprehension Strategies: Making a Difference through Civil Rights

    Overview

    This lesson may be used with Launguge Arts, Writing, and Social Studies.  The students will learn about various people who were influencial in changing the world through civil rights. They students will write a dream about something they would like to do to make the world better.

    Comprehension Strategies: Making a Difference through Civil Rights

    Goal/ Objectives:

    The students will use reasoning and evidence found in text to identify the author's purpose.

    Brief Overview:

    This lesson may be used with Launguge Arts, Writing, and Social Studies.  The students will learn about various people who were influencial in changing the world through civil rights. They students will write a dream about something they would like to do to make the world better.

    Grade Level: 

    This lesson was designed for upper elementary students.

    Engage

    The teacher will state the objective to the class - use reasoning and evidence found in text to identify the author's purpose

     

    The teacher will give some students in the class “special” privileges.  Not all students will get a privilege. Some examples are:

    • Those students wearing glasses may get a drink of water
    • Students wearing shorts may sit wherever they would like in the room
    •  The students whose first name begins with a vowel will be the 1st in line the whole day
    • The 1st student in each row only have to do part of the assignment

     

    Do not say anymore about the “privileges” just leave the students ponder.

     

    Discuss with students dreams that you have and have them tell you about their dreams.

     

    Watch the attached video below: https://youtu.be/4xXZhXTFWnE

    Explore

    Discuss with the class what Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream was and how it compares to their dreams.

     

    Watch the following attached video: https://youtu.be/vP4iY1TtS3s

     

    Discuss the class what dreams Dr. Martin Luther talked about. Discuss with the class that even though they are only 10 years old they can have an impact on civil rights.

     

    Introduce the following vocabulary words.

    • Segregation
    • Injustice
    • Discrimination
    • Prejudice
    • Dream

     

    Use each of the words in a sentence and ask what they think the meaning of the word is by using context clues.

    Have the students find the meaning of the word by searching on : https://kids.wordsmyth.net/

     

    As a class complete the word segregation together on the attached handout. There will be 2 blanks for vocabulary words they find in their readings, that they are unsure of.

     

    Students will then read about at least 2 people who were involved in  civil rights.  You will find many examples to choose from in the attached link.

     

     

     

     

    Explain

    The teacher will explain to the students what each of the author’s purposes means .  The 3 purposes, also known as PIE are:

    • Persuade - change your mind/opinion of something
    • Inform - teach a lesson
    • Entertain - make you laugh

    Ask the students what they think they mean and then go over their definitions.  Brainstorm with the class books/stories that have been read outloud to the class and discuss the purpose of the story. Use attached PIE handout as a reference.

     

    Have  the students, share with a buddy the stories about civil rights people they listened to.

    With their buddy they need to choose what the purpose of the author was for writing the story. Because of the content of the stories, most should have said persuade but if they mentioned to inform they are totally not wrong.

     

    Working with the same buddy have them fill in the attached author’s purpose handout for the stories they listened to.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Evaluate

    Each student will choose one of the civil rights stories they chose to read and share their
    Author’s Point of View findings.

     

    After they have shared watch  the attached video: https://youtu.be/4xXZhXTFWnE

    Elaboarte

    Now that the students have discovered that several people wanted to make the world a better place, it’s their turn.

     

    On the attached handout each student will brainstorm how they could change their neighborhood, city, or world to make it better.  What are their dreams for these places?

     

    Express

    Each student will pick one of their dreams and explain it using the 5 W’s in a paragraph.

    • WHo

    • What

    • Where

    • When

    • How


     

    Have the students share their dreams to the class by reading their paragraphs.

     

    When everyone has been given the opportunity to share, ask the class what the author’s purpose was for each of these paragraphs.

     

    Students will create a display of their dream.  Here are some suggestions of how:

    • Poster

    • Power Point

    • Picture

    • Shadow box

    • Mobile

     

    Share displays for others to enjoy!