Objectives
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Activities
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Assessment Tools
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1. Familiarize the pupils with the civil rights movement.
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Give the pupils a picture from the civil rights movement and make the pupils discuss it.
Introduction: Introduce the subject of civil rights movement to the pupils.
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Logical answers are accepted.
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2. Familiarize the pupils with compare and contrast reading strategy and review the sequencing strategy.
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Give the pupils a definition of compare and contrast.
Give the pupils C&C connectors and one exercise about them.
Review the strategy of sequencing.
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Answer key.
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3. Familiarize the pupils with vocabulary of the unit.
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1. Give the pupils a list of vocabulary and make them look up the meaning of the difficult words in their dictionaries and write the part of speech of each word.
2. Give the pupils different exercises: matching, completion, and a crossword puzzle.
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1. Answer Key.
2. Answer Key.
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4. Familiarize the pupils with Martin Luther King Jr.
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1. Give the pupils a biography about MLK and ask them to highlight/underline numbers and then put them in a chart with their references.
2. Summarize the main points about the biography of MLK.
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1. Answer key.
2. Answer Key.
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5. Teach part of MLK's speech.
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1. Read the speech along with the pupils and ask them about the speech.
2. Ask the pupils to visit an online site to listen to MLK's life speech. The pupils have to write one/two things that they liked most about it.
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2. Accept any logical answer.
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6. Familiarize the pupils with Rosa Parks
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1. Give the pupils a short introduction about Rosa Parks.
2. Ask the pupils to fill in a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the life and achievements of both MLK and Rosa Parks.
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Answer Key
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7. Teach the students the poem "Rosa" by Rita Dove.
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Read the poem with the pupils and ask them different reading comprehension questions about it.
Ask the pupils to write an article in their school magazine expressing their opinion about the poem.
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Accept all logical questions.
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8. Teach the pupils the song "We Shall overcome".
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1. Give the pupils a short introduction about the song.
2. Read the song with the pupils and ask them questions about it.
3. Ask the pupils to visit a site to listen to the song and sing along.
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All logical answers are accepted.
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9. Writing Task: Write an article in which you discuss the qualities or achievements of both MLK and Rosa Parks.
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1. Write an article to your school magazine in which you discuss (by comparing and contrasting) the important qualities and or achievements of both MLK and Rosa Parks.
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Rubrics for Module D- 4 Points
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