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A Time to Break Silence Unit PlanA Time to Break Silence Unit Plan
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Beacon Press
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6th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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A Time to Break Silence

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This A Time to Break Silence unit plan also includes:
  • Lesson One: Love and Faith
  • Lesson Two: Nonviolent Resistance
  • Lesson Four: Young People Working for Justice
  • Lesson Five: The Power of Freedom
  • Lesson Six: Suffering, Hope, and the Future
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Encourage teenagers to get involved in ending violence among young people. A Common Core-aligned resource and curriculum guide, designed to be used with a reading of A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students, asks readers to use what they learn about nonviolent direct action in the struggle against violence.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

martin luther king jr., racism, civil rights, civil rights leaders, the civil rights movement, i have a dream speech

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the guide as the basis of a study of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and/or during Black History Month

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires individual copies of A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr. for Students, published by Beacon Press
  • Although designed as a unit study, the lessons may be used independently

Pros

  • The 52-page packet includes six detailed lessons, a timeline, and activities

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.9-10.9 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.4 RH.9-10.5 RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.8 RH.9-10.9 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.4 RH.11-12.5 RH.11-12.6 RH.11-12.7 RH.11-12.8 RH.11-12.9

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