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Unit Overview
Unit Overview
The twentieth century in America has been full of big historic moments. This unit focuses on non-fiction texts that tell the stories of individuals and groups whose stories are set in the context of these large historic moments. Some of these moments include the fight for civil rights, the fight for rights in the workplace, the fight against the crushing role of poverty, and the fight for democratic ideals in the face of injustice and facism. Students will be the role of research and creating context in writing and reading non-fiction texts.
The twentieth century in America has been full of big historic moments. This unit focuses on non-fiction texts that tell the stories of individuals and groups whose stories are set in the context of these large historic moments. Some of these moments include the fight for civil rights, the fight for rights in the workplace, the fight against the crushing role of poverty, and the fight for democratic ideals in the face of injustice and facism. Students will be the role of research and creating context in writing and reading non-fiction texts.
Unit Vocabulary
Unit Vocabulary
objective
subjective
diction
context
narrative structure
Essential Questions
Essential Questions
Why are reading, writing, and storytelling essential components of the human experience?
How does English Language Arts expand our perspective?
What is justice? What role do individuals play in creating justice?
What do we value in our leaders?
How can one person make a change?
Unit Standards
Unit Standards
Students will learn...
Reading for Information
How to determine a text’s central idea(s) and analyze its/their development over the course of the text, including relationships to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of a text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
How to analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
How to independently and proficiently read and comprehend literary nonfiction representing a variety of genres, cultures, and perspectives and exhibiting complexity appropriate for at least grade 8
Speaking and Listening
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
How to present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details; use appropriate vocabulary, eye contact, volume, and pronunciation
How to integrate multimedia components and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest
Language
How to use language skills around deliberate word choice are the focus
Texts
Texts
Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand
The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown
The Radium Girls
Kate Moore
Undefeated
Steve Sheinkin
Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights
Deborah Kops
Lift as We Climb
Evette Dionne
Dear Miss Breed
Joanne Oppenheim
Claudette Colvin
Phillip Hoose
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
The 57 Bus
The 57 Bus
Dashka Slater
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