Title/GradeLevelRosaParksTakinga

Stand

African-AmericansTakingaStand4th-5thGrade

Note:Thisisasampleofwhatcanbedoneovertwoweeks.Pleaseusethetextsofyourchoiceandfeelfreetoaddactivities,

questions,protocols,graphicorganizers,etc.

TeachersareencouragedtointroducestudentstomultiplehistoricAfricanAmericanfigurespastandpresentthathavetakena

stand.

EssentialQuestion(s) HowhasanAfricanAmericanLeadertakenastandforsocialjusticeintheUnitedStates?

CCSSStandard(s): CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2/5.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2.b/W.5.2.bDevelop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1/L5.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1.a/SL.5.1.aCome to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.3/5.3Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. 5.3 Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. (5th)

MELDObjective(s) Using theconversationskill clarify, fortify,andnegotiate, studentswillbuildoneachothers ideasandask forclarificationas

neededabouttopicsandtexts.

Materials/Resources Article:CivilRightsonaCityBus,personalthesaurusorothervocabularydevelopmentstrategies,chartpaper,markers,

resourcepackets,highlighters,Video-“RiseUp,ESPN”https://youtu.be/q9xz3mZnIWQ CulminatingTask Studentswillwriteanessayorcreateamulti-mediapresentationdescribinganAfricanAmericanLeaderwho

hastakenastandforSocialJustice.Thestudents’conclusionparagraphwillexpresshowtheywilltakeastand

forSocialJusticeintheircommunity.

Week1AcademicVocabularySuggestions:(VocabularywordscanbetaughteachdayofthelessonusingtheAEMPPersonalThesaurus,PersonalDictionary,FrayerModel,orothergraphicorganizersormethods.Takeastand

Protest

Reserved

Equality

Defiance

Intensify

Refused

Inspiration

Boycott

Courage

Violate

Segregation

CivilRightsMovement

JimCrowLaws

Day1Motivation:Video/Discussionhttp://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/02/18/watch-espn-promotes-black-lives-matter-to-honor-african-americans-taking-stands/Whatdidyounoticein

thevideo?

Whatformsofprotest

wereshowninthe

video?

Passoutpicturesfromvideoforstudentstodiscuss.

Question:

Howdoesthepicture

demonstratetakinga

stand?

Day2VocabularyReview:

Withapartner,students

willgiveexamplesofkey

vocabulary.

i.e.

Apersonshowscourage

when….

UndertheJimCrowlaws,

peopleofcolorcouldn’t…

1stRead:Teacherguidesstudents

inthereadingofthe

article.Insmallgroups,

studentsanswer

questionsaboutkey

detailsfromthestory

andchartthem.

Day32ndRead:

Individuallystudents

willclosereadthe

articlecitingevidence

fromthetexthow

RosaParkstooka

standandshowed

courage.

Usingtheprotocol,

GiveOneGetOne,

studentswillshare

theirevidencewith

classmatesaddingto

theirowngraphic

organizer.

http://achieve.lausd.n

et/cms/lib08/CA01000

043/Centricity/Domai

n/217/DISCUSSIONPR

OTOCOLS.pdf

Teacherwilldebriefthe

wholegroupcharting

commonfindings.

Day4VideoResource:

Bet You Didn't Know: Rosa Parks http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks/videos/bet-you-didnt-know-rosa-parks Students will listen and chart additional information supporting how Rosa Parks took a stand. Givestudentsanothercopyofthegraphicorganizertoadddetailsfromthevideo.

Day5Question(s)?Howcanyoutakeastandagainstaprobleminyourschool,home,orcommunity?Allowstudentstothink

inkpairsharewith

multiplepartnersusing

musicalshareswiththe

songfromthevideoor

songofstudent/teacher

choice.

MusicalShares:When

themusicplays,

studentswalkaround

untilitstops.Oncethe

musicstops,students

partnerupwiththe

closestpersonand

shares.Identifywhich

partnergoesfirstby

height,alphabetical

order,etc.Allowenough

timeforeachpartnerto

share.Whenthemusic

starts,studentswalk

Canyouthinkofa

timewhenyouhadto

takeastandatschool

orathome?

Allowstudentsto

sharewithapartner.

UsePickaSticktocall

onstudentstoshare

out.Chartanswerson

TChart.

VocabularyDevelopment:Select3-5wordsperdayUsingthepersonal

thesaurusandthe

personaldictionary,

teacherwillguide

studentsinvocabulary

developmentlessonsto

pre-teachorreviewkey

vocabularyterms.

Who,what,when,

where,andwhygraphic

organizer

Whoisthestoryabout?

Describethecharacter.

Whatarethemain

eventsinthestory?

Wheredoesthestory

takeplaceandwhatis

thesignificanceofthe

setting?

Whendoesthestory

takeplace?

Whyistheinformation

inthearticleimportant

toustoday?

SampleQuestion(s)Whatwerethatactions

thatRosaParkstookto

takeastandforJustice?

Whatwordswouldyou

usetodescribeRosa

Parks’actionsandwhy?

Citeevidencefromthe

text!

Prompt/ResponseSentenceStarters:RosaParks

demonstrated

couragewhen…

Canyougivean

example

fromthetext?

Giveanexampleto

supportclaim?

Allowstudentstohighlightinformationthatwasnewfromthevideo.SampleQuestion(s)

Howisthearticleand

videoalikeandhoware

theydifferent?

Whatnewinformation

didyoulearnfromthe

video?Prompt/ResponseSentenceStarters:Thevideoandthe

articlearerelated

because…

Thevideoandthe

articlearedifferentin

that…

InthevideoIlearned

that….

aroundtofindanother

partner.

Randomlychooseafew

studentstoshareout

usingPickaStickor

otherparticipation

protocol.

Activity:

Studentswillcreatea

hashtagwhichtakesa

standagainstor

highlightsanissueinthe

community,home,or

school.

i.e.#nomorebullying#endgangviolence#awaywithracismIndependentResearch:Teachercreatedlettergoeshomeexplainingtheprojectandresearchrequirements.

Week2:WritingProcess

GraphicOrganizer(s):

TeachermodelsandcoconstructsmodelessaywithstudentsonRosaParks.

Prewrite/DraftAcademicVocabulary:Teachermodelshow

touseinformation

gatheredongraphic

organizerstobegin

writingandshows

studentsanexemplar.

Reviewvocabulary

andencourage

studentstousetheir

personalthesaurus

andpersonal

dictionaryintheir

drafts.

ReviseReviseforwordchoice

andtheadditionsof

supportivedetails.

Activity:Allowstudentstoshare

theirpapersinstrategic

smallgroups.Passout

postitsandallow

classmatestoaskprobing

questionsorgive

suggestionstoclassmates

basedonthescoring

rubrictoimprovetheir

writing.

ReviseReviseforAALorMAxL.

Usingthecommonruleslists,revisefortheuseofhomelanguage.

(AEMPwebsite)

http://achieve.lausd.ne

t/Page/191#spn-conte

EditEditforgrammar,usage,

andmechanics.

PublishFinalDraft

(Provideadditionaldaysasneeded)Extensions:Multimedia

presentations

(SeeRubric)

Weeks3and4Studentsresearch

otherprominentfigures

pastandpresentwho

tookastandfollowing

modeledafterthis

lessonasisoradapted

toyourclassroom.

Providestudentsin

classtimetoconduct

researchwhenpossible.

Resources:http://www.essence.com/celebrity/black-athletes-stand-against-racism#1003847

AEMPWrittenWordEssayContest

4th–5thGrade

African-AmericansTakingaStand

ResourcesandHandouts

RosaParksTakesaStand

Classifyatleast3waysthatRosaParkstookastandforsocialjustice.Adddetailsfromyourresources.

Question1(Who) Question2(What)

Question3(When) Oar=Question4(Where)

Whyistheinformationinthearticleimportant?

https://youtu.be/q9xz3mZnIWQ

“We have a history of this. A history with this. A history of rising in the face of crisis, surviving in the heart and soul of struggle. ”

“Sometimes life requires you to take a stand. 60 years ago, Rosa Parks took a stand by taking a seat. She began a movement that propelled change.”

“The power of the news has transcended to hashtags, because black lives do matter. These moments force us — yes, us — to look deeper inside of ourselves, only to discover purpose of sitting down in silent protest to be heard and raising our hands the way we used to raise our fists to be understood. The ‘I Am a Man’ signs replaced by ‘I Can’t Breathe’ t-shirt.”

“Don’t ask why Missouri football decided to stand up against authority. Don’t question James Blake’s right to stand up against racial profiling. Don’t dismiss Misty Copeland’s stand against prejudice. Or he NBA’s stand against gun violence. Our struggle does not stop. It simply continues. Black history does not repeat itself. It evolves. Rise with a sense of being. Rise with a sense of purpose. Rise up like the day. Why continue to sit when you were born to rise?

AndraDay

#

Civil Rights on a City Bus

By ReadWorks

On the first of December 1955, the African American seamstress Rosa Parks helped change the course of history on a city bus. Rosa boarded the bus after a day’s work at a Montgomery, Alabama, department store. She settled towards the middle, past the first several rows, which at that time were reserved for white people. After making a few stops, the bus became full. Then a white man boarded, but there was nowhere for him to sit. The driver ordered Rosa and the rest of the black passengers in her row to stand at the back of the bus and let the white man sit. In an act of defiance that would help intensify the American Civil Rights Movement, Rosa refused to give up her spot.

For violating the laws of segregation, referred to as the “Jim Crow laws” (which were meant to keep white people and black people separate), Rosa was arrested and fined. Her refusal to move was a quiet and simple action, but she took an enormous risk that evening. She also became a hero and an inspiration to people all over the nation who were fighting for racial equality, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a young minister who would soon become a major civil rights leader. In response to Rosa’s arrest, blacks in the city of Montgomery boycotted the

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public bus system for more than a year. Like her, they had had enough of being treated like second-class citizens. The Monday after Rosa’s arrest, most black commuters walked to where they needed to go—some traveling more than 20 miles.

In her autobiography, Rosa Parks: My Story, Rosa writes of that day on the bus:

Finally, in November of 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Jim Crow laws that kept blacks and whites segregated were unconstitutional. Rosa Parks had challenged the law and shown people far beyond her own town how cruel and unjust segregation could be, and she had won. The boycott ended more than a month later, when the Montgomery buses were integrated, but the resistance to racial prejudice did not stop there. Rosa and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, as it has come to be known, sparked a series of nonviolent mass protests in support of civil rights. One woman’s strength and commitment to change helped fuel a movement. Sometimes that is all it takes.

People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't

true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old

then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

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