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The Anti-lynching Activism of Ida B. Wells
Students explore the life and choices of anti-lynching journalist Ida B. Wells and learn about the long tradition of Black resistance to racial terror and violence.
The Legacy of Emmett Till
Students identify continuities and changes between Emmett Till’s murder and today’s Black Lives Matter movement, and they reflect on the ways they can contribute to the movement for racial justice.
Summative Assessment: Creating a Toolbox for Racial Justice
In this summative assessment, students reflect on their answer to the unit's essential question in order to create a Toolbox for Racial Justice.
Contextualizing a Found Poem
Students will apply the lessons they have learned about the intersecting histories of wartime North Africa and the Holocaust as they create an artifact that explains the context of the found poems they wrote in Lesson 3.
Honoring the Natural Environment as Home
Students explore nature and the environment as parts of home, comparing a poem by Melania Luisa Marte to a chapter of Braiding Sweetgrass.
Staging the Compelling Question: Japanese American Incarceration During WWII
Students are introduced to the compelling question for the inquiry.
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Supporting Question 1: Historical Context for Japanese American Incarceration
Students explore the supporting question “What conditions made the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II possible?”
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Supporting Question 2: Japanese American Life in Incarceration Camps
Students explore the supporting question “What was life like for Japanese Americans during incarceration?”
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Supporting Question 3: Japanese American Resistance during WWII
Students explore the supporting question “How did Japanese Americans resist their incarceration and assert their rights during World War II?”
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Supporting Question 4: Reparations for Japanese American Incarceration
Students explore the supporting question "How has the legacy of World War II Japanese American incarceration inspired activism among Japanese Americans today?"
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Summative Assessment & Taking Informed Action
Students culminate their arc of inquiry into the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII by completing a C3-aligned Summative Performance Task and Taking Informed Action.
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