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LibertyNeedsGlasses

StephoneyFogle

NEH2010

Objectives

•  Icananalyze,makeinferencesanddrawconclusionsaboutexpositorytextandprovideevidencefromtexttosupportmyunderstanding.

•  Icananalyzehowwords,images,graphics,andsoundsworktogetherinvariousformstoimpactmeaning.

GuidingQuestion

•  Canjusticebeachievedwhenoneracedominatessociety?

Day1

•  Definejustice(ifyoudon’tknowwhatitmeans…lookitup!)

•  Inyourownwordstellmewhatitmeans.

LadyJustice• Viewthegraphic.• Withyourdefinitionofjustice,whatdoyouthinkitmeans?

• Whatdoyouthinkisthesymbolismoftheblindfold,scalesandsword?

• Doesjusticework?• IsJusticefair?(why/whynot)• Bepreparedtodiscuss.

Day2

•  Quickwrite‐Doweliveinapost‐racialsociety?Explain.

•  Whatdothefollowingimagessayaboutjustice/injustice?

•  Bepreparedtodiscuss.

MiddlePassage

Slavequarters

13thAmendment

•  PrimaryDocumentsinAmericanHistory

•  The13thAmendmenttotheConstitutiondeclaredthat"Neitherslaverynorinvoluntaryservitude...shallexistwithintheUnitedStates."FormallyabolishingslaveryintheUnitedStates,the13thAmendmentwaspassedbytheCongressonJanuary31,1865,andratifiedbythestatesonDecember6,1865.

14thAmendment•  PrimaryDocumentsinAmericanHistory

The14thAmendmenttotheConstitutionwasratifiedonJuly9,1868,andgrantedcitizenshipto“allpersonsbornornaturalizedintheUnitedStates,”whichincludedformerslavesrecentlyfreed.Inaddition,itforbidsstatesfromdenyinganyperson"life,libertyorproperty,withoutdueprocessoflaw"orto"denytoanypersonwithinitsjurisdictiontheequalprotectionofthelaws.”Bydirectlymentioningtheroleofthestates,the14thAmendmentgreatlyexpandedtheprotectionofcivilrightstoallAmericansandiscitedinmorelitigationthananyotheramendment.

15thAmendment

Assignment

•  Canasocietyachievejusticewhenoneracedominatessociety?(keepthisinmindwhilereadingandviewinggraphics)

•  ReadexcerptsfromOladuahEquianoandNarrativeintheLifeofFrederickDouglass.

•  Compareandcontrast.Withtheguidingquestioninmind,afterdiscussingdifferencesforthetwoexcerpts,whatisthebiggestthingthetwohaveincommon?

HOMEWORK

•  Readchapters1&2inHarperLee’sToKillaMockingbird

•  Completedialecticaljournal(6entriesminimum)

•  Bepreparedtodiscuss

ONEPAGER

Day3‐Chalktalkactivity

•  Infourseparateteams,studentswillstartatasetstationwithaquestiontheywillneedtoaddressregardingthenovelandimages.

•  Eachgroupwillbegiven5minutesateachstationthenproceedtothenextstation.

•  Ateachstationeachgrouphastheopportunitytodiscusspreviousnotesandaddanyadditionalcomments.

•  Discuss

Chalktalkquestions

•  HarperLeeuseslanguageandgrammarthatmirrorshowthecharactersactuallyspeak.Isthistechniquehelpfulinunderstandingthecharacters?

•  Istheauthor’sportrayaloftheblackcommunityrealoridealisticexplainwhyorwhynot?

•  DiscussAtticus’sparentingstyle.Whatishisrelationshiptohischildrenlike?

Chalktalkquestionscontinued

•  Thenovelistoldfromthefirstpersonpointofview.Whydoyouthinktheauthorchosethisperspective?

•  Canjusticeprevailinasocietydominatedbyonerace?Why/whynot?

Day4

•  AnalyzeTupac’sLibertyNeedsGlasses•  Discuss

StartSocraticSeminar•  Libraryresearch•  Political‐enforcement,laws•  Economics•  Justice/injustice‐Jena6,SharrodUSDA,ArizonaImmigrationLaw

LAST MAN STANDING REVIEW

•  WhatisScout’srealname?

JeanLouiseFinch

•  WhatistheverdictintheTomRobinsoncase?

Guilty

•  Whosehouseburnsdown?

MissMaude

•  WhatisBoo’srealname?

Arthur

•  WhoisthepresidentoftheU.S.atthetimethattheeventsofthestoryoccur?

FranklinD.Roosevelt

•  WhydoesAtticusadmireMrs.Dubose?

Becauseshehascourage

•  WheredoesDillliveduringtheschoolyear?

Mississippi

•  WhobeatMayellaEwell?

BobEwell

•  Whocausedthelynchmobtodisperse?

Scout

•  WhatareJemandScoutshockedtodiscoveraboutAtticus?

ThatheisthebestshotinMacombCounty

•  Whotakesthechildrentotheblackchurch?

Calpurnia

•  WheredoesBooleavepresentsforScoutandJem?

Inaholeinanoaktree

•  WhomendsJem’spants?

Boo

•  ForwhatdoesUncleJackreprimandScoutonChristmasEve?

Cursing

•  WhotellsJemthatitisasintokillamockingbird?

Atticus

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