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Lesson 1: What Are Barriers? Lesson PlanLesson 1: What Are Barriers? Lesson Plan
Publisher
Scholastic
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Grade
4th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Video
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Year
2019
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Lesson 1: What Are Barriers?

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Scholars discuss the concept of a barrier with a short passage on Jackie Robinson. The writing process begins with a paragraph and several other sentences about Robinson's unique traits that made breaking a barrier possible.  

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

jackie robinson, baseball, baseball history, black history month, african american culture, african american history, african americans, famous african americans, civil rights, the civil rights movement, textual evidence, supporting evidence, discussion skills, group discussions

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Have links to extension videos readily accessible for learners to watch when they complete the lesson 
  • Pose discussion questions on a classroom blog 
  • Instruct class members to keep all papers in their interactive writing notebook to reference throughout the lesson series 

Classroom Considerations

  • Lesson parts are grade specific
  • The plan is the first of three created in part of an essay contest, but may also be used without competition 

Pros

  • Comes with video and discussion activities designed to extend the learning experience 
  • Boosts discussion skills
  • Connects historical facts to real-world lessons 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.4.1 RL.4.2 RL.4.4 RL.5.2 RL.5.4 RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.4 RI.4.8 RI.5.2 RI.5.4 RI.5.8 W.4.3.a W.4.10 W.5.3.a W.5.10 SL.4.1.a SL.4.4 SL.5.1.a SL.5.4 RL.6.1 RL.6.2 RL.6.4 RL.7.1 RL.7.2 RL.7.4 RL.8.1 RL.8.2 RL.8.4 RI.6.1 RI.6.2 RI.6.4 RI.6.6 RI.6.7 RI.7.1 RI.7.2 RI.7.3 RI.7.4 RI.8.1 RI.8.2 RI.8.3 RI.8.4 W.6.3.a W.6.10 W.7.3.a W.7.10 W.8.3.a W.8.10 SL.6.1.a SL.6.4 SL.7.1.a SL.8.1.a SL.8.4

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