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Glenn Ligon, Untitled - Four Etchings [A]

In this white on black etching, Glenn Ligon repeats "I do not always feel colored," a phrase from Zora Neale Hurston's essay "How It Feels to Be Colored Me."

Last Updated: June 30, 2022

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English — US

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English & Language Arts
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Racism

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Glenn Ligon/Reproduced with permission from Thomas Dane Gallery

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Find the teaching strategies, media, and online resources referenced throughout the Teaching Farewell To Manzanar guide.

Families of Japanese ancestry awaiting the arrival of a train that will take them to Merced detention center, during the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II

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Students explore how race, class, and gender create the moral universe that the characters inhabit in To Kill a Mockingbird.

The exterior of a theatre called "Rex Theatre for Colored People."

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Students consider how Harper Lee’s decision to tell To Kill a Mockingbird through the eyes of young Scout impacts readers' understanding of the novel.

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Learn how to incorporate civic education, ethical reflection and historical context into a literary exploration of Harper Lee's novel, To Kill A Mockingbird.

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Enrich your teaching of To Kill a Mockingbird with this set of videos, photographs, and readings that will help students contextualize the novel.

Lesson

Students connect the moral development of To Kill a Mockingbird's central characters to the moments in their lives that have shaped their sense of right and wrong.

A man named Floyd Burroughs stands with four children on a wooden house porch.

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Students explore the supporting question “How did the Angel Island Immigration Station both reflect and enforce borders within American society?”

Captain examines passengers aboard the The Shimyo Maru vessel.

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Students explore the supporting question “How did border enforcement at the Angel Island Immigration Station impact immigrants and their descendants?”

Angel Island Immigration Station Graphic

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Students explore the supporting question “How does the history of immigration through Angel Island help us understand how we create and challenge borders today?”

Assessment

Students culminate their arc of inquiry into the Angel Island Immigration Station by completing a C3-aligned Summative Performance Task and Taking Informed Action.

Inquiry

This 5-7 day C3-aligned inquiry explores the compelling question “How does the history of the Angel Island Immigration Station help us understand how borders are erected, enforced, and challenged?”

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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.

George Floyd mural outside Cup Foods at Chicago Ave and E 38th St in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Glenn Ligon, Untitled - Four Etchings [A]

At a Glance

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You might also be interested in…

Media and Strategies for Teaching Farewell to Manzanar

Maycomb's Ways: Setting as Moral Universe

Scout as Narrator: The Impact of Point of View

Teaching Mockingbird

Teaching Mockingbird Media and Readings

Moral Growth: A Framework for Character Analysis

Supporting Question 1: The History of the Angel Island Immigration Station

Supporting Question 2: The Impacts of Detention on Immigrants and Their Descendants

Supporting Question 3: Navigating the Borders of National Belonging

Summative Performance Task & Taking Informed Action

Angel Island Immigration Station: Exploring Borders and Belonging in US History

The Legacy of Emmett Till

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