Barbara A. Sasso
This unit on the effects of income inequality complements a New Haven School District’s curriculum unit for grades 9-10, which asks students to evaluate social injustice in our society. Lessons include assignments that meet Common Core Standards for English Language Arts
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in gathering evidence and analyzing text, in integrating knowledge and ideas from economic data, history and law, in assessing character in literature, and in crafting narratives based on personal or imagined experiences. Analysis will include interpretation of a variety of sources, including economic graphs, legal documents, newspaper articles, literature, poetry, visual images, film and music.