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The Problem We Still Live With? Lesson PlanThe Problem We Still Live With? Lesson Plan
Publisher
Anti-Defamation League
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Duration
45 mins
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Direct Instruction
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Year
2015
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The Problem We Still Live With?

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This The Problem We Still Live With? 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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Norman Rockwell's painting "The Problem We Still Live With" launches a unit study of racism in the United States and segregation in U.S. schools. In the first lesson plan, scholars discuss the painting, review key elements of the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, and define and clarify terms used in the unit.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

desegregation, segregation, brown v. board of education, ruby bridges, racism, civil rights, the civil rights movement, prejudice, diversity, public education

Instructional Ideas

  • End the lesson with the YouTube video "Ruby Bridges Remembers"

Classroom Considerations

  • First in a series of six lessons in the "Looking Back Reaching Forward" unit
  • Requires projection equipment for the Rockwell painting and the YouTube video, as well as devices for learners to access the internet

Pros

  • The resource includes teacher reference materials to help instructors guide the discussion

Cons

  • None

Common Core

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

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