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Building Alliances Lesson PlanBuilding Alliances Lesson Plan
Publisher
Anti-Defamation League
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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Duration
2 days
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2015
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Building Alliances

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This Building Alliances lesson plan also includes:
  • Looking Back Reaching Forward (.html)
  • Entire Unit (.pdf)
  • Standards Alignment (.pdf)
  • Civil Rights Movement in Pictures (.pdf)
  • Resources for Students on Brown v. Board of Education (.pdf)
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Bystander or up-stander? The final lesson in the "Looking Back Reaching Forward" unit asks participants to consider how they can become involved in encouraging change in their school and community. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

racism, prejudice, diversity, the naacp, desegregation, discrimination, social activism, segregation, critical thinking, primary source analysis, primary sources, public education, brown v. board of education, civil rights leaders, the civil rights movement

Instructional Ideas

  • Assign learners different "Allies Throughout History" to research and report on to the class

Classroom Considerations

  • The final lesson in the "Look Back Reaching Forward" unit
  • Requires copies

Pros

  • The "Pyramid of Alliance" permits participants to choose their level of participation

Cons

  • None

Common Core

CCRA.R.1 CCRA.R.2 CCRA.R.3 CCRA.SL.1 CCRA.SL.4 CCRA.L.4 CCRA.L.5 CCRA.L.6

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