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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Lesson PlanClaudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Lesson Plan
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6th - 8th
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

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Use the historical account of Claudette Colvin to study civil rights and connect past injustices to modern issues. As learners read, they examine chapter titles, record quotes, and participate in discussion. Next, they research active participants in the Civil Rights Movement and brainstorm currently oppressed groups.

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Concepts

quotations, jim crow laws, reconstruction, rosa parks, the civil rights movement, democracy

Additional Tags

civil rights movement, democracy, Informational Text, jim crow, kwl, quotes, rosa parks, Discussion, montgomery boycott, chapter titles, historical text, cite evidence, claudette colvin, twice toward justice, l.7.1., social studies

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  • Although the process is designed to accompany a text, it is valuable on its own

Common Core

RI.7.1 RI.7.2 RI.7.3 RI.7.4 RI.7.5 RI.7.6 RI.7.7 RI.7.8 RI.7.9 W.7.1.a W.7.1.b W.7.1.c W.7.1.d W.7.1.e W.7.2.a W.7.2.b W.7.2.c W.7.2.d W.7.2.e W.7.2.f W.7.3.a W.7.3.b W.7.3.c W.7.3.d W.7.3.e W.7.4 W.7.5 W.7.6 W.7.8 W.7.9.a W.7.10 SL.7.1.a SL.7.1.b SL.7.1.c SL.7.1.d SL.7.2 SL.7.3 SL.7.4 SL.7.5 SL.7.6 RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.5 RH.6-8.6 RH.6-8.7 RH.6-8.8 RH.6-8.9

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