African American History

Week's Objective: Students will prepare for and participate in a discussion analyzing the decisions, practices, and behaviors that have led to mass incarceration and the effects that mass incarceration has had on communities of color. (SS 1.2, SS 1.3, ELA 7.1, ELA 7.2)

Tuesday, December 17th and Wednesday, December 18th: Students will be given potential discussion questions that they can use to prepare for Thursday's discussion on mass incarceration (ELA 7.1). Students will also be asked to create norms for their discussion groups (ELA 7.2).

NOTE!!!!!!!!!! - I HAVE POSTED BELOW A LIST OF KEY TERMS THAT WE HAVE COVERED IN OUR ANALYSIS OF SYSTEMIC RACISM. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO REVIEW THESE IN YOUR PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION!

Advice:

• Prepare notes that will help you organize your thoughts and provide evidence as support.
• Do NOT write paragraphs with the intent of reading them in the discussion.
• Prepare by organizing thoughts and supporting evidence for no less than 3 questions in each round (6 questions total)
• Preparation for each question should include:
  • Thoughts/ Arguments
  • Supporting Evidence
  • Introduce and Disprove Counterclaims
• Outside Research is your friend.
• Outside of answering 6 specific questions, have general information (statistics, quotes, thoughts, arguments, etc.) available to support discussion topics outside the specific questions you answered.
• Review Key Terms sheet below to identify areas you are comfortable discussing and things you need to define and/or review.

Thursday, December 19th: Students will participate in a performance task socratic seminar analyzing the causes and effects of mass incarceration. (ELA 7.2)

Friday, December 20th: Wrap up discussion and key takeaways

DAILY DO NOW'S

STUDENT PREP WORK

SOCRATIC SEMINAR