Curriculum planning chart Generative Topic (Blythe et al, 1998): Leadership Young Leaders During the Civil Rights

s Movement Subject: Literacy / Social Studies Name: Lauren Scott

Concept* ("The student will understand") (The big idea, the "enduring understanding" [Wiggins, 1998]; a broad way of making sense of the world, or a life lesson) Students will understand how young people acted as leaders by advocating for equality during The Civil Rights Movement. Central problem / issue / or essential question (intended to "get at" the concept; the motorvator) How can young students act as leaders in their lives? PA Standards Aligned History 8.3.5.D: Examine patterns of conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations that impacted the history and development of the United States: Ethnicity and race. Civics and Government 5.2.5.C: Explain why individuals become involved in leadership and public service. 5.2.5.A: Identify individual rights and needs and the rights and needs of others in the classroom, school, community, state, and nation. Reading Comprehension R5.A.2.5.1: Summarize the major points, processes, and/or events of a nonfictional text. Standard Assessment (How will you have evidence that they know it?) Facts ("The students will know") Skills ("The students will be able to") The student will be able to explain how and why young people took action during the Civil Rights Movement. The student will be able to identify examples of the main characters leadership actions in One Crazy Summer The student will be able to summarize their jigsaw reading from Freedoms children. Problems to pose ("Guiding questions" or "unit questions") How did young people stand up to racist laws and practices in the 1950s and 1960s? How did these young leaders actions change history? Activities:

Reading responses to One Crazy Summer Class discussion after video clips are viewed Written or spoken summary of jigsaw readings and presentations

The student will know how young people acted as leaders during The Civil Rights Movement through events including: o Lunch Counter Sit-ins o The Childrens March in Birmingha m, AL o The Travels of the Freedom Riders Students will know that people organized themselves into activist groups such as the Black Panthers and the NAACP to fight for equality

Reading of One Crazy Summer by Rita WilliamsGarcia Viewing of clips from Eyes on the Prize Viewing of clips of Freedom Riders Jigsaw nonfiction supplemental text readings including Freedom's children: young civil rights activists tell their own stories. Brief presentations of jigsaw readings