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Black History Month Common Core W.9-10.1 resources
Black History Month- Black Poetry
This unit comprises of poems and speeches by famous Black poets. I suggest you use this for grades 8-12. Students should be familiar with figurative language to answer some of the PARCC questions.
The excerpts analyzed includes:
*Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou
*Ain't I A Woman by Sojourner Truth
*Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
*On Being Brought from Africa to America by Phillis Wheatley
This Black History Month Unit includes:
*An answer sheet for the multiple choice questions.
*An extende
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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African American Literature Bundle: Units for School Year or Black History Month
This is a bundle of our African American literature units (5 units total). These resources are great for incorporating throughout the year or you can teach them sequentially for Black History Month. The literature begins with the early poetry of Phillis Wheatley in the 1700s, continues through the voices of the abolitionist cause in the 1800s (The Spirituals and Frederick Douglass), and culminates with influential writings for civil rights in the 20th century (Langston Hughes and Martin Luther K
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8th - 12th
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Sharon M. Draper's "Tears of a Tiger" - 28 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 28 rigorous unit learning tasks for Sharon Draper’s, "Tears of a Tiger." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The resource includes speaking and listening activities including
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6th - 10th
All American Boys Complete 6-7 Week Novel Unit (NO PREP)
Unlock the Power of Critical Reflection with Our All-Inclusive Curriculum for All American Boys Are you ready to transform your English classroom into a dynamic space of cultural relevance, critical thinking, and literary analysis? Dive into my meticulously crafted curriculum for the riveting novel All American Boys – a unit that not only aligns with Common Core standards but also empowers your students to explore the intricacies of societal conflict, racial bias, and the enduring legacy of Dr.
Grades:
9th - 12th
My Perspectives 9th Grade Unit 3: Literature of Civil Rights BUNDLE
This LOADED resource facilitates students to discover how the writings and speeches of the Civil Rights movement inspired social change and demonstrates how words inspire change. Students will interact with a series of speeches, writings, poems, and videos to better understand and create their own change-inspiring speech at the end of the unit. This concise resource includes do-now's, vocabulary, comprehension check questions and answers, discussion questions, debate topics, assessments, and eng
Grades:
8th - 12th
Women's History Month BELOVED Unit Bundle | Novel Study for Toni Morrison
This novel study bundle for Toni Morrison's Beloved includes activities, graphic organizers, reading comprehension quizzes, free response essay prompts, and discussion tools. Perfect for high school English Language Arts and AP Lang and Comp! Digital and ready-to-print resources are provided for the following resources:Toni Morrison Beloved BELL RINGER READING QUIZZES digital printable assessmentsToni Morrison BELOVED Novel Study TIME MAP Timeline Activity Digital PrintableBeloved by Toni Morr
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9th - 12th
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Toni Morrison BELOVED Novel Study TIME MAP Timeline Activity Digital Printable
This Time Map graphic organizer is a great alternative to a chapter-by-chapter study guide for Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. This resource is suitable for distance learning and Google Classroom, and also available in a ready-to-print format.GRAPHIC ORGANIZER + CONSOLIDATING ACTIVITYFULL ANSWER KEY INCLUDEDAPPLICABLE TO AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITIONSet in Ohio during the mid-1800s, Beloved explores notions of identity, community, freedom and generational trauma. A Pulitzer Prize winner, the novel
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Civil Rights Movement Project Research and Role Play
In this inquiry-based project, students become figures from the Civil Rights Movement. Students research their figure and then embody that person at a culminating party. This project puts students literally in the lives of historical figures. Meet Rosa Parks, Maya Angelou, Thurgood Marshall and more through your students' discovery of them. A great addition to your Civil Rights Movement study.This detailed teacher’s guide includes:● How to use this resource and complete timeline within the te
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Civil Rights Movement Activities
MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 3: Literature of Civil Rights
This LOADED resource facilitates students to discover how the writings and speeches of the Civil Rights movement inspired social change and demonstrates how words inspire change. Students will interact with a series of speeches, writings, poems, and videos to better understand and create their own change-inspiring speech at the end of the unit. This concise resource includes do-now's, vocabulary, comprehension check questions and answers, discussion questions, debate topics, assessments, and eng
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: My Perspectives 9th Grade Unit 3: Literature of Civil Rights BUNDLE
Octavia Butler - Parable of the Sower (Characters, Setting, Action, Themes)
12 pages for students to explore the themes and topics in Parable of the Sower, a dystopian novel by Octavia Butler: Global Warming, Drugs & Addiction,Theft,Killing or Murder,Indifference to the Suffering of Others,Earthseed Students search online for information. Students also analyze and summarize the novel and graphic novel version. Students describe and compare characters, and describe the settings in the story as the characters travel northward. Students also summarize the parable that
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7th - 12th
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Black History Month - Text Based Evidence, Text Dependent Analysis - Bundle
Teaching text dependent analysis writing for Black History Month has never been easier! This in-depth literature based writing prompt bundle includes lessons for 74 of the most popular novels, short stories, and poems taught during Black History Month in high school! The lessons include argumentative, expository, and compare & contrast prompts. Each lesson includes a writing graphic organizer, rubric, writing quiz, detailed lesson plan, an instructional video, and a writing template.All a
Grades:
9th - 12th
Rhetorical Analysis of The Souls of Black Folk Excerpt - W.E.B. Du Bois
Looking for a rigorous rhetorical analysis exercise to use during Black History Month? This W.E.B. Du Bois excerpt from The Souls of Black Folk will move students through a close reading of the text and the construction of a rhetorical analysis essay.This resource is part of a larger unit on Section 4 of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You.What is included?◈Excerpt from "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others," a chapter within The Souls of Black Folk◈Writing prompt◈Categorized tone list◈SOAPS
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9th - 11th
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Sharon M. Draper's "Forged By Fire" - 26 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 26 rigorous unit learning tasks for Sharon Draper’s, "Forged by Fire." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The resource includes speaking and listening activities including c
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6th - 12th
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Freedom Writers Film- Social Justice Unit, Racism & Adversity, Differentiated
Introducing the Freedom Writers 10 Day Social Justice Unit -teach with differentiation to help transform your high school or middle school English Language Arts class into a dynamic hub of meaningful connections and deep discussions on topics including anti racism and adversity. Say goodbye to dull lessons and hello to a differentiated rich-task that not only builds knowledge and skills, but also engages students in thought-provoking conversations about history, society, and overcoming adversity
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Freedom Writers and Elements of Fiction Handy Sheet Bundle
Unit "Letters from Birmingham" Lesson Plans, Activities & Writing Task
Looking for a way to guide students through Martin Luther King’s famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail?” This unit, complete with lesson plans & slide decks (EDITABLE), provide an opportunity for 9-12th grade students to engage in discussions, rhetorical analysis, and close reads with a culminating argumentative letter writing task on a topic of their choosing. Depending on how long you expand the writing task, this could take from 7-12 50 minute class periods. Part 1: Guide your students thr
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Thank You, Ma’am by Langston Hughes - Short Story Unit - Black History Month
Perfect for both Valentine's Day and Black History Month! This short story unit for Langston Hughes’ "Thank You, Ma’am" includes comprehension questions, literary analysis activities, assessment tools, close reading activities, and informational handouts. Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®!⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 30% with the bundled discount!⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Short Story Unit for “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes:✏️ Langston Hughes Author Biography Informational Handout - D
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7th - 11th
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Black History Month ela, activities during testing week, Poster black history
Black History Month ela, activities during testing week, Poster black historyEmmett Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of flirting with a white woman. His death sparked national outrage and helped to galvanize the civil rights movement. Today, his story is often taught as a way of understanding the history of racism and discrimination in the United States. Studying Emmett Till can also help to promote empathy and
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Literature of Civil Rights Unit Plan & Activities, Handouts, Assessments BUNDLE
This LOADED resource facilitates students to discover how the writings and speeches of the Civil Rights movement inspired social change and demonstrates how words inspire change. Students will interact with a series of speeches, writings, poems, and videos to better understand and create their own change-inspiring speech at the end of the unit. This concise resource includes do-now's, vocabulary, comprehension check questions and answers, discussion questions, debate topics, assessments, and eng
Grades:
8th - 12th
Beloved by Toni Morrison PRE-READING ACTIVITY Who Is Margaret Garner Article
This digital and printable resource serves as an introductory lesson to Toni Morrison's novel Beloved, and examines an 1856 New York Times primary resource about Margaret Garner. Examine this article from a rhetorical perspective through the use of these worksheets.Beloved is a novel written about an escaped female slave named Sethe who attempts to reclaim her family's identity. Set in Ohio during the mid-1800s, this novel explores notions of identity, community, freedom, and generational trauma
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Martin Luther King Jr. Article & Reading Comprehension
Martin Luther King Jr. is such an important leader to recognize, learn about, and study, especially around Martin Luther King Day and Black History Month. Dive deep into his life, his education, and his dedication to making a change.In this product, your students will read an original article, "The Leadership of Martin Luther King Jr.", annotate the text, and answer 10 reading comprehension questions in reference to the article. In addition, there is a short answer question regarding Dr. King's
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Reading Passages Nonfiction Bundle, Reading Comprehension
BELOVED Novel Study FREE RESPONSE ESSAY PROMPTS and DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AP Lang
This resource includes 13 essay prompts for Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. Appropriate for AP Language and Composition as well as high school English Language Arts. For a peer-based learning approach, these prompts can also be used as discussion questions.Beloved is a novel written about an escaped female slave named Sethe who attempts to reclaim her family's identity. Set in Ohio during the mid-1800s, this novel explores notions of identity, community, freedom and generational trauma. A Pulitze
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Argumentative Letter "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Writing Task
Do you want to help your students use their words to try to make a change? Are you looking for an engaging and challenging way to have students respond to this famous text by Martin Luther King Jr.? This argumentative writing task, with a slide deck & lesson plan included, provides an opportunity for 9-12th grade students to write a letter just like King on a topic of their choosing. Guide your students through the letter genre to present an argument and support it with claims and evidence,
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Unit "Letters from Birmingham" Lesson Plans, Activities & Writing Task
BLACK LIVES MATTER, Current Events, Common Core Unit
Great for Black History Month! This full unit covers multiple perspectives on the "Black Lives Matter" debate and allows students to find their own point of view on the issue. The unit includes a literary connection, background, historical connections, an implicit argument, arguments across multimedia, photographic connections, a class debate planning system, a research guide, and space for an argumentative essay.
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9th - 12th
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Black History Month Project: Creative Writing Project Langston Hughes, Rubric
Expose your students to some of the most iconic writing in American history with this Black History Month Poetry & Creative Writing Project for middle and high school ELA students. Students are introduced to one of the most influential African American writers, Langston Hughes, who was also a leading figure during the Harlem Renaissance. During this project, students learn about Langston Hughes, read and analyze one of his poems, Themes for English B, and write a poem of their own using Hugh
Grades:
6th - 12th
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