Social Transformation | Teach for Justice | Identity, Racism, Social Justice
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*Updated* November 23, 2020
The purpose of this unit/series of journal entries is for students to begin work on socially transforming school and neighborhood communities! I believe that the work needed to become an anti-racist society starts with work on one's self, which is why lesson 1 of this unit touches on identity. Lesson 1 is free in my store! This resource also includes pre-work for teachers. The pre-work can be found in the teachers note section once you've downloaded the unit. There is a google slides version for hybrid/blending learning. Great for Google Classroom, Schoology, etc. There are also PDF versions that can be printed and used for an interactive notebook/journal set up for face-to-face learning.
Each lesson plan includes common core standards for 7th and 8th grade AND social justice standards from Teaching Tolerance! Although the lesson plans include standards for 7/8, this can easily be adapted to meet the needs of grades 6-12.
The texts in this resource are real life experiences from real people.
This unit contains 5 lessons:
Lesson 1: Identity Journal
Students will be able to:
•Define and describe identity and its importance
•Explain aspects of our own identities
Lesson 2: Privilege and Rights Journal
Students will be able to:
•Define privilege and rights
•Evaluate the difference between privileges and rights
•Discuss how privilege works in our society
Lesson 3: Prejudice and Racist Ideas Journal
Students will be able to:
•Define prejudice and racist idea
•Analyze and evaluate real life experiences in which certain aspects of a persons identity experience prejudice / racism
Lesson 4: Antiracism Journal
Students will be able to:
•Define antiracism
•Read and analyze quotes to determine meaning and connection to antiracist work
•Interview trusted community members
Lesson 5: A Plan for Action (Text and Written Response Organizer
Students will be able to:
•Read and annotate “Gerardo speaks Out” text
•Respond to text dependent questions
•Write an allyship action plan
