Curriculum / ELA / 5th Grade / Unit 4: Young Heroes: Children of the Civil Rights Movement / Lesson 4
ELA
Unit 4
5th Grade
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Summarize how and why Barbara Johns protested against segregation in her community.
Book: Witnesses to Freedom: Young People Who Fought for Civil Rights by Belinda Rochelle — Chapter 1
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What were Jim Crow laws? How did they influence the lives of Black people in the South?
Compare and contrast the conditions at R.R. Morton and the white high school in Farmville, Virginia.
What are civil rights? Why are they important?
What steps did she take to ensure the boycott’s success? What does this show us about her character?
How did others respond to Barbara’s actions? What point of view did each group represent? Make sure to include details that show how other students, students’ parents, white community members, and NAACP members felt.
Why does the author include the illustration on page 6?
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RI.5.2 — Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
RI.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.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.5.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
RF.5.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.5.4 — Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RI.5.1 — Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.5.4 — Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
RI.5.7 — Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
RI.5.10 — By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4—5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
SL.5.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
W.5.10 — Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Lesson 3
Lesson 5
Describe the racism and oppression Black people in the South faced on a daily basis.
RI.5.3
RI.5.3 RI.5.6
Writing
Defend if the children in this section share a similar or different point of view and understanding of the oppression of the time period.
RI.5.6 W.5.2.b
RI.5.2 RI.5.3
Analyze the role that the nation’s courts played in the fight for civil rights.
Debate if the children in the section would agree or disagree with the statement that “their courage made a difference not only in each of their individual lives, but for all the others who have followed,”.
Explain how the author uses evidence and reasons to support the point that school desegregation required young Negroes with courage to face the challenges and dangers of mob resistance.
RI.5.8
Explain how Ernest uses reasons and evidence to support the idea that you can do a lot more than you think you can.
Writing – 2 days
Synthesize and analyze details from multiple texts in order to deepen understanding of a topic.
RI.5.9 SL.5.1 W.5.2 W.5.2.a W.5.2.b W.5.2.e
Summarize the key events of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by determining a main idea and supporting details in order to summarize a text.
Identify the central idea the author conveys in this chapter and what the central idea reveals about the author’s perspective on segregation and social injustice.
RI.5.2
Compare and contrast Claudette’s account of what happened on March 2, 1955, with what is documented in the police report, as well as, explain why the author decides to include both versions.
RI.5.6
Explain what the quote reveals about the author’s point of view of Claudette and how the author supports his point of view.
RI.5.6 RI.5.8
Explain why Claudette and Rosa Parks were perceived differently by the community and if Claudette could have been the face of the movement.
Explain the tactics and strategies the Black community used to make the bus boycott a success and if all members of the community shared the same perspective.
Defend if Claudette’s actions did or did not prove that she was able to make a larger impact and that she could have been the “right” individual.
RI.5.2 RI.5.3 RI.5.8
Explain what happened in Montgomery after the court decision was made and how different groups responded.
RI.5.3 RI.5.8
Debate
Debate if Claudette or Rosa should be remembered as the hero of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and how the perspective from which history is told has influenced our point of view.
RI.5.2 SL.5.1 SL.5.2 SL.5.3
RI.5.9 W.5.2 W.5.2.a W.5.2.b W.5.2.e
Narrative – 4 days
Write a poem that honors the life of Claudette Colvin or Rosa Parks by using details from across texts.
L.5.2 L.5.5 L.5.5.a W.5.3 W.5.3.a W.5.3.b W.5.3.d W.5.5
Determine the main ideas the author is trying to convey about the Civil Rights Movement in chapters 5 and 6 and describe how the author uses key details to support the main idea.
Determine the main ideas the author is trying to convey about the civil rights movement in chapter 7 and describe how the author uses key details to support the main idea.
Determine the main ideas the author is trying to convey about the civil rights movement in chapter 8 and describe how the author uses key details to support the main idea.
Summarize the key events of the Road to Freedom by determining a main idea and supporting details in order to summarize a text.
Analyze why Sheyann ends with the statement “They had beaten us like we were slaves.”
Identify the central idea the author conveys and what the central idea reveals about the author’s perspective on segregation and social injustice.
RI.5.2 RI.5.6
Describe the real triumph of the march from Selma to Montgomery.
Explain why the author put the word “you” in italics and how it supports the author’s point of view and purpose for telling her story.
Analyze multiple accounts of the same event by noting important similarities and differences among the points of view they represent.
L.5.2.d RI.5.6 W.5.2.a W.5.2.b W.5.2.e
Discussion
RI.5.9 SL.5.1 SL.5.3 W.5.2
Assessment
Informative Writing – 5 days
Conduct a short research project that uses several sources to build knowledge of different aspects of a topic.
RI.5.9 W.5.2 W.5.2.a W.5.2.b W.5.2.e W.5.6 W.5.7 W.5.8
Project
Synthesize information from the entire unit in order to create and execute a plan to fight injustice in your community.
RI.5.9 SL.5.1 SL.5.4 SL.5.5
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