Lesson Plan

Pairing Texts: Understanding Brown v. Board of Education’s Impact on Carlotta’s Journey

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Scholars work in groups to compare Brown v. Board of Education excerpts and A Mighty Long Way. They use the Paired Text note catcher to organize their thoughts and divide the work using a jigsaw activity to track Carlotta's journey.

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CCSS: Designed
Instructional Ideas
  • Discuss other attempts or actions to fight segregation 
Classroom Considerations
  • Lesson three of 20 in the Grade 8 ELA Module 3B, Unit 2 series
  • Suggests use of a document camera
Pros
  • Provides a comparison guide for teacher reference
  • Assesses learning with an exit ticket
Cons
  • None
Common Core