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The Power of Belonging
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Finding One's Voice
Through continued reflection on the short story “As You Were,” students consider the factors that impact power and agency in moments of decision-making and explore the possibilities and limitations of justice and reconciliation.
Choose a Coming-of-Age Text
Apply Facing History’s key principles of text selection to your own context as you customize a unit for your students.
Begin with the End in Mind
Identify the goals, learning objectives, and student learning outcomes for your coming-of-age literature unit.
Craft the Essential Question
Explore our bank of essential questions for a coming-of-age literature unit and engage with activities in the Educator Workbook to align your essential questions with your learning outcomes and passages from the text.
Design the Summative Assessment
Plan your summative assessment based on a “This I Believe” personal narrative or an assessment of your choice using Facing History’s strategies for prewriting, outlining, and revision.
Teach with Facing History Journal Prompts
Learn creative ways to incorporate journaling into your units and lesson plans and explore our bank of Facing History journal prompts.
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