Title/Grade Level

Ruby BridgesKindergarten/1st

African Americans Taking a StandKindergarten-1st Grade

Note: This is a sample of what can be done over two weeks. Please use the texts of your choice and feel free to add activities, questions, protocols, graphic organizers, etc.…Teachers are encouraged to introduce students to multiple historic African American figures past and present that took a stand.

Essential Question(s) How has an African American Leader taken a stand for social justice in the United States?CCSS Standard (s): CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.2

With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.2Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.2Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.CCSSW.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1/SL.1.1Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

MELD Objective(s) Using the conversation skill create and clarify, students will produce and expand complete sentences and engage in conversations with diverse partners.Materials/Resources Visual texts, Ruby Bridges Goes to School, tree map, personal thesaurus, chart paper, constructive conversation skill posters and conversation norm poster.

http://achieve.lausd.net/cms/lib08/CA01000043/Centricity/Domain/217/ConstructiveConversationSkillsPoster.pdfhttp://achieve.lausd.net/cms/lib08/CA01000043/Centricity/Domain/217/ConversationNormsPoster.pdf

Culminating Task Week 1 Students will write paper about an African American Leader who has taken a stand for Social Justice?

Week 1Academic Vocabulary Suggestions:

EscortFairEqual rightsProtestSegregationTake a StandRacism

Day 1 MotivationAsk: How do you get to school?

(bus, walk with a parent, walk with a sibling, ride in a car, etc.)

Allow students to think pair share with a partner.

Constructive Conversation

Day 2: First Read

Introduce 1-2 Vocabulary Words sing the AEMP Personal Thesaurus, Personal Dictionary, Frayer Model, etc.

Day 3: Sequencing and 2nd Read

Introduce 1-2 Vocabulary Words using the AEMP Personal Thesaurus, Personal Dictionary, Frayer Model, etc.

Day 4: Video and Visual Text

Introduce 1-2 Vocabulary Words sing the AEMP Personal Thesaurus, Personal Dictionary, Frayer Model, etc

Gathering of additional information from source 2.

Day 5: DiscussionTeachers will lead students in discussion about how they can take a stand?

Sample Question(s)

Have you ever had to take a stand for yourself or for a friend?

Add Vocabulary as Needed:

Prompt Starter:

How do you get to school?Response Starter:I get to school by…..

Chart responses on graphic organizer or create a tally of responses.

Introduce picture of Ruby Bridges. Explain how she had to be escorted. Tell the students that Ruby Bridges had moved to New Orleans with her family and that New Orleans was segregated at the time.

Vocabulary Development:Discuss/teach the word escort and segregated using a strategy that students can connect to. (i.e act it out, illustrate, use of AEMP Personal Thesaurus,

1st Read

Ruby Bridges Goes to School (Phyllis Hunter Library) or The Story of Ruby Bridges.

Video Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4F3sr5f-EQ

Sequencing Continued

2nd Read

Guiding Questions:

What did Ruby do that was brave?

How did Ruby take a stand for Justice?

Allow students to recall information from the prior day and chart their responses.

Norman Rockwell Painting

http://www.biography.com/people/ruby-bridges-475426#synopsis

Video of Ruby Bridges meeting President Obama and talking about how she felt on the first day of school.

Teacher will give age appropriate examples and lead students in a group discussion and chart ideas.

How can we take a stand at school? (Examples)

Tell if someone is being unkind.

Use your words. Be polite to each

other. Help your

classmates. Do your best in

class.

How can you take a stand at home? (Examples)

Be a kind sibling. Tell your parents if

someone is being mean.

Help your parents around the house

Frayer Model, etc..)

Question: How are the two pictures alike and different?

Pass out a copy of both sets of pictures to students in pairs. Have the students compare and contrast the pictures using the conversation skill Create.

What do you notice or see in the picture?

Sample Sentence Starters:

I notice that…I see that…In this picture I see that….But in this picture…..

Sample Question(s)

Sample DOK 1 & 2 Questions:Teacher Directed

Who is the main character?

What happened in the story?

What happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story?

Guided Activity (Two Days):Select 3-4 major events from the story where Ruby showed courage and have students put them in order using time order words and a flow map. Students may work with partners.

(modify or simplify sentences as needed)

Teacher will reread /or replay portions of the video reading that demonstrate Ruby’s courage.

Students will draw their favorite part of the story where Ruby showed courage and label the picture.

Sample Questions:

Allow students to share their responses using discusion protocols.

http://achieve.lausd.net/cms/lib08/CA01000043/Centricity/Domain/217/DISCUSSIONPROTOCOLS.pdf

How did Ruby say she felt on the first day of school?

How do you think you would have felt if you were Ruby?

Collaborative Conversations

Skill: Create

Prompt Starter:

I think I would feel..I agree because…

Skill: ClarifyPrompt Starter:Why would you feel..I would feel ___ because…

Teachers have the option to assist students with research in class or sending a portion of the research component to be done at home. However, stress to parents that students will be asked to orally tell about the person they selected.

If you choose to send a portion of the research home, draft a letter to parents explaining the essay contest. Request their assistance in helping theirchild research and select an African American who has taken a stand for Justice.

i.e.First, Ruby wasn’t afraid to walk with the marshalls.

Next, Ruby did not cry when the people were yelling.

Finally, Ruby stayed and learned when the other kids left.

Students will practice retelling the events of the story to a partner or partners using a selected discussion protocol.

See AEMP Website

http://achieve.lausd.net/cms/lib08/CA01000043/Centricity/Domain/217/DISCUSSIONPROTOCOLS.pdf

What information did we learn from the video to add to our graphic organizer

Week 2: Sample Writing Process

Draft: (Shared Writing) Illustration

Teacher models drawing an illustration and title with the input from students.

Students then draw their own illustration.

Draft/Revise:IllustrationTeacher edits by adding details to the model illustration with the input of students.Students add details to their illustrations with feedback from a partner.

Draft: Writing

Teacher models topic sentence with input from students.

Students write their own topic sentence.

Draft: Writing

Teacher models adding details from flow map.

Students add details from flow map.

Revise/Edit:

Extend writing process as needed.

Publish: (2-5) days, suggested in small groups.

Week 2: Writing Process (Kinder Option)

Teacher Models Title and Illustration

(Modify Instruction of the writing process depending on the grade level)

Students Draft Title and Illustration

(Modify Instruction of the writing process depending on the grade level)

Students add three details or facts to their writing.

(Modify Instruction of the writing process depending on the grade level)

Students add concluding statement about how they can take a stand.

(Modify Instruction of the writing process depending on the grade level)

Days 10-15 (If needed)Students revise writing for vocabulary, language conventions, and home language features.

(Modify Instruction of the writing process depending on the grade level)

How did Ruby Bridges “Take a Stand” for Justice?

Ruby took a stand when ……..

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvo4yGdweJQ (drawing Ruby Bridges)