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Elections - voting Common Core RL.11-12.1 resources

"Liars Don't Qualify" Short Story Literary Response and Analysis Unit

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The Lesson:So, what we have created for you are a presentation and analysis pages for the short story “Liars Don’t Qualify” by Junius Edwards. We know, we’re excited about it, too! The lesson focus points on this story about a Black war veteran trying to register to vote will be on conflict, characterization, multiple perspectives, mood and tone, and theme through student literary argument/analysis writing.Tell Me More:We have created a presentation (keynote, Powerpoint, and PDF formats) that co

Subjects:

Elections - Voting, English Language Arts, Short Stories

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Printables

CCSS:

RL.7.1

, RL.7.2

, RL.7.3

, RL.7.5

, RL.7.6

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Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle for Middle School and High School

Civic Engagement "Dear Neighbor" Project

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This is an amazing three-ish day project about Civics, Persuasive Writing, Collaborative Revision, and Public Speaking! Overall project flow:* Students reflect on their priorities, biases, and reasons for supporting their chosen candidate in an upcoming election.* Students peer-edit their letters, revising arguments for grammar and persuasive power.* Teams of students campaign for their chosen candidate, collaborating to write a Platform Speech they present to the class.* As campaign staffers,

Subjects:

Civics, Elections - Voting, Government

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Cultural Activities

CCSS: