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Unit 6
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Explain how segregation impacts Joe and John Henry’s friendship.
Book: Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles
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How does segregation and racism impact Joe and John Henry’s friendship?
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Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
What do John Henry and the narrator like to do together?
How are the boys similar? How are they different?
What happens when John Henry and Joe go to the general store? Why?
What news do the boys get? How does it make them feel?
What happens when the boys get to the pool? Why?
How do each of the boys feel? How do you know?
How are the boys feeling at the end? Why?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
racism
n.
using race to create and support beliefs and systems that discriminate against some people and give privileges to other people; racism is maintained by individuals, groups, and institutions
justice
if you seek justice, you are looking for fairness; you respect others and want what is best for them
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L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
RL.K.2 — With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
RL.K.3 — With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.K.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.
RL.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
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Standards
L.K.6RI.K.7RI.K.8SL.K.1
Explain two reasons the author includes to support the idea that “Beneath the skin we all look alike. You and Me.”
L.K.6RI.K.2RI.K.7RI.K.8SL.K.1
Explain what the author means that children come in all colors of the earth.
Explain two reasons why the author says, “Each of us grows in our own way.”
Create an All About Me poster to highlight key aspects of identity.
L.K.1L.K.2W.K.2W.K.5W.K.8
Retell what happened in The Other Side.
L.K.6RL.K.2RL.K.3SL.K.1
Explain why Rosa Parks does not get up with the policeman asked her to.
L.K.6RI.K.3RI.K.7RI.K.8SL.K.1
Explain how the whole community made the Montgomery Bus Boycott a success.
Explain why Martin Luther King Jr. was important.
Explain how people came together during the March for Freedom.
RI.K.3RI.K.7RI.K.8SL.K.1
Explain how Minnie and her sister showed courage.
Describe the dreams that Martin Luther King Jr. had.
RI.K.3RI.K.7RI.K.8RI.K.9RI.K.9SL.K.1
Explain what it means to Be a King.
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Write about what you can do to Be a King.
Discuss the unit essential questions.
SL.K.1SL.K.3SL.K.5W.K.8
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