To prepare for a reading of Christopher E. Crowe's Mississippi Trial, 1955, class members create a KWHL chart and begin by generating questions they have about the civil rights movement, slavery, and the death of Emmett Till. 

Concepts

emmett till, the civil rights movement

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• The strategy may be used with any text

Classroom Considerations

• The fifth in a series of eight reading comprehension strategies using Mississippi Trial, 1955 is the anchor text 

Pros

• Step-by-step directions and an explanation of the strategy are included

Cons

• None