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Students will need historical and contextual resources, and a general understanding of poetry, narrative poetry, and storytelling elements before diving into Long Way Down. The resources listed below will be used in the beginning of the unit in order to provide a basis for all students, and will be accessible through this page at all times.
Students will need historical and contextual resources, and a general understanding of poetry, narrative poetry, and storytelling elements before diving into Long Way Down. The resources listed below will be used in the beginning of the unit in order to provide a basis for all students, and will be accessible through this page at all times.
Historical and Contextual Resources:
Gun Violence is a Racial Justice Issue
Gun Violence Disproportionately and Overwhelmingly Hurts Communities of Color
The Code of the Streets OR documentary
Author Jason Reynolds: Racism hasn’t changed ‘because we still haven’t talked about it’
Literary and Poetry Resources:
Looking for Omar—E. Ethelbert Miller
Grandmother Portrait—Judith Harris
Metaphor: A Poet is a Nightingale
It Is Something of an Accident That You Are the Reader and I the Writer
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