Social Studies Common Core of Teaching Standards
CCT DOMAIN 2: Classroom Environment, Student Engagement and Commitment to Learning
Teachers promote student engagement, independence and interdependence in learning by facilitating a positive learning community by:
CCT DOMAIN 3: Planning for Active Learning
Teachers plan instruction in order to engage students in rigorous and relevant learning and to promote their curiosity about the world at large by:
CCT DOMAIN 4: Instruction for Active Learning
Teachers implement instruction in order to engage students in rigorous and relevant learning and to promote their curiosity about the world at large by:
CCT DOMAIN 6: Professional Responsibilities and Teacher Leadership
Teachers maximize support for student learning by developing and demonstrating professionalism, collaboration with others and leadership by:
Objectives and Strategies
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Objective: Students will be able to make connections and linkages to other nationalities other than their own.
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Strategies
A) Read excerpts from Race and Races, Cases and Resources for a Diverse America
B) Assign or choose nationality
C) Research (Country of origin, food, customs, and culture)
D) Group demonstration or modeling of a nationality
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Objective: Students will collect data on the challenges facing Black Americans (or blacks in New Haven) today.
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Strategies
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Write an expository essay/a narrative essay.
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Use technology to locate information from online sources.
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Learn about key events in black history and the modern-day civil rights movement
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Create graphs, tables, or charts to represent the statistical data they have collected about segregation in their school through the form of research, interviews, or surveys.
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Discuss cases McCleskey v Kemp, Brown v. Board of Education, RICCI ET AL. v. DESTEFANO ET AL. (2009)
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Objective: The class will debate; conduct interviews and exam case history, pertaining to past and present civil rights decisions.
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Strategies
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Explain how segregation involved both state and federal laws
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Analyze how nonviolent protest transformed the United States during the civil rights movement
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Analyze why ordinary individuals risked their lives to end segregation
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Objective: Students will be able to determine why Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954 impacted public schools. The 14
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Amendment equal Protection Clause.
Strategies
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Understand the relationship of segregation between gender, race, and disability
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Determine how has segregation continued to play a part in today's education system
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Invite motivational speakers for career day, place posters up that reflect the positive images of the students, or have awards assemblies for small successes.
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Objectives: Demonstrate the ability to correctly ask who, what, where, when and why questions regarding the NAACP.
Strategies
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Reach out to local, state and national NAACP (Contact Headquarters and Crisis Magazine)
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Attend NAACP debate prior to H.S. competition
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Invite NAACP organization to school for question and answer session
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Plan strategy meeting for current issues and what do you think is a major issue
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Is the NAACP as active and should they be more active?
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F) Is there a partnership with other civil organizations?
G) Involve District Coordinator Citywide Student Counsel
H) Are there any racial disparities in the school district and across state line?
I) Are people still treated differently because of race?
J) What does a NAACP president does on a day to day
K) Appeal to school NAACP chapters and colleges to get involved in Debates
L) Create a foundation on movement
M) Is the NAACP necessary?
Objectives: Demonstrate the importance of media coverage
Strategies
A) Prepare a press conference
B) Allow students to develop their own questions
C) Role playing news reporters
D) Town Hall Meeting/ Panel Discussion
E) Bring in Fraternity/Sorority to publicize local debate
F) Freedom Fund Dinner/ Student reward
G) Compare old and new crisis magazine
Objective: Students will be able to understand that segregation existed in many areas of life in the South including transportation, public accommodations, schools, stores and neighborhoods. Is the NAACP needed at this time?
Strategies
A) Debate in classroom (classmates)
B) Debate inside school (other classes)
C) Debate outside school (other schools)
Objective: Student will be able to identify bias and inappropriate behavior
Strategies
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View clip, "What would you do? "Bike thief
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Complete Bias Test handout for assessment and implications
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Define how black or white is used as adjectives (black market or angel cake)
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Read Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling
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Choose two photos and identify police discrimination, brutality, and racial profiling
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Objective: Read and interpret a variety of factual material (e.g., newspapers, maps, brochures). Students are pretending to be current members of the NAACP:
Strategies A) Have four tables with multiple newspapers (local or national) spread out. B) Have students search for issues (problems) that should be addressed by the NAACP (at least three) C) Present those topics to the "board" and explain why involvement in needed. D) Once the issues are voted on and identified. Each group would do research on three separate issues, with one group who doesn't believe the NAACP is needed. Let the students choose what group they want to be in. E) Students should be allowed to change into the "not needed" group at their leisure, however they still have to research why the NAACP isn't needed. F) Lastly, students will compose a letter as a group to the NAACP arguing for their cause.
Objective: Correctly identify the who, what, where, when, why, and how, in related portions of a newspaper article
Strategies:
Directions: Look at the news story below. Fill in the information requested below
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Headline and News Source________________________
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List the following information from the lead.
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When?_______________________________________________________
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Where?_______________________________________________________
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Why? ________________________________________________________
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