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Subject: Social Studies Central Focus: Black History Month

Essential Standard/Common Core

Objective: 1.C.1.2 Use literature to
Date submitted: 5/7/17 Date taught:
help people understand diverse
2/27/17
cultures.

Daily Lesson Objective:

Performance- Students will be able to compare themselves and make connections with
Rosa Parks and their classmates. Students will also be able to discuss why differences
are important, and how differences have led to injustice.

Conditions- Students will use literature and personal interactions to identify and discuss
similarities.

Criteria Students will be graded on their short answer responses. They will receive 1
point for answering all questions and 3 points for each appropriate response. Students
must earn at least 8 out of 10 points, or 80%.

21st Century Skills:

COMMUNICATION AND
Academic Language Demand (Language
COLLABORATION:
Function and Vocabulary):
Students will work together to answer
Analyze, compare/contrast, describe, interpret
the Were the Same Yet Different
worksheet and participate in small
group discussion.
Prior Knowledge:
Understand similarities and differences, have some knowledge of the Civil Rights
movements.

Activity Description of Activities and Setting Time

Students will be asked to grab a white board and a pencil 5 min
and come to the carpet. Today were going to be talking
about Rosa Parks. Can anyone tell me who Rosa Parks is?
Very good. Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist during
the civil rights movement. She fought for the rights of
1. Focus and
African Americans during the 1950s when America was
Review
segregated. What do you think segregation means? Very
good it means separation. During the 1950 African
Americas and whites were set apart from each other and
were not treated as equals.
 Today you will learn about how differences influence 2 min
2. Statement of inequality. You will compare yourself and Rosa Parks, and
Objective for discuss the differences between you and your
Student classmates.

To help you better understand who Rosa Parks is were 15 min

going to read a short article about her. Teacher reads
Remembering Rosa Parks article. While reading the
article, the teacher will pause to think aloud and reflect
on the following questions:
3. Teacher Input
1. How would you have felt if you were Rosa Parks?
2. Would you have reacted the same way Rosa Parks
did?
3. What made Rosa Parks Famous?

4. Guided Practice 15 min

Now that weve read this article about Rosa Parks I want
you to turn and talk to the person next to you. With your
partner, I want you to talk about how Rosa Parks was
brave and what she did to stand up to injustice. Can
someone tell me what injustice means? Thats right
injustice is when something is not fair or wrong. Im
hearing some great conversations. Now I want you to
talk with your partners about how you would have acted
if you were Rosa Parks? Would you have done the same
thing on the bus, or what would you have done
differently? Would anyone like to share what they talked
about with their partners.

Now that weve gotten to know Rosa Parks better youre

going to do an activity that will help you get to know
your classmates a little better too. Displays Were the
Same, Yet Different worksheet using the doc cam. In the
1st column under me youre going to write down your
answers for each category. For example, under eye color
I would write brown because I have brown eyes. Take 2
minutes to fill out column 1. When youre done give me a
thumb up so I know youre ready. Great job! Now when I
say go I want to talk to the people around you and find
people that have the same answers as you under column
1 and write their name under the 2nd column Teacher
models this step. Then under column 3 write down the
name of someone who has a different answer under
column 1 than you do. Teacher models this on doc cam.
You may get up and move around to quietly talk to your
classmates. When youre done come have a seat back
on the carpet. Ill give you about 5 minutes, go! After
students finish their worksheet they will meet back on
the carpet. Students will share some of the similarities
 and differences and then they will return to their seats.

10 min
Throughout history different people and cultures have
been treated unjustly because another group of people
viewed them as different. Rosa Parks was arrested for
sitting in the wrong seat because her skin was a different
color than the other people in that section of the bus.
Looking at your Were the Same, Yet Different worksheet
I want you to independently answer the following
questions in 1-2 sentences. Students will answer the
5. Independent following questions on another worksheet:
Practice
1. How was Rosa Parks treated because she was
viewed as different?

2. How can differences be good?

3. How can you show that you appreciate other

peoples differences?

Students will be graded on their short answer responses. They will

6. Assessment
receive 1 point for answering all questions and 3 points for each
Methods of all
appropriate response. Students must earn at least 8 out of 10
objectives/skills:
points.
To wrap up todays lesson would anyone like to share 5 min
their short answer questions. Thank you! Can someone
tell me what they learn today? Very good, we learned
about Rosa Parks. We also talked about how differences
7. Closure
can sometimes be viewed a s a bad thing but that we
should celebrate differences. Differences are what help
make us special and unique.

Targeted Students Student/Small Group

Modifications/Accommodations Modifications/Accommodations
Students who struggle reading the Students who need remediation will meet in
passages will small groups with the teacher during guided
have them read aloud. practice.

ESL students will be provided with

passages in their native language
Materials/Technology:
Remembering Rosa Parks article, Were the Same, Yet Different worksheets (one per
student), short answer worksheets (one per student), doc cam, personal clipboards/white
boards (one per student) pencils (one per student)
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