How Do Social Movements Start?

Alex Lipschutz & Tara Slade

Resource Lexile Author / Link to original How will resource be Evaluation:

Publisher or citation used in class · Is this a
(describe whether it reliable source for
will be a Read the resource?
Aloud, collaborative · Is the
reading, author an expert?
independent Credentials?
research, etc) · What year?
Is this the most
recent
information or is
there a reason for
using an older
resource?
· Original
purpose of the
resource (inform,
persuade,
entertain)?
· Is there is
bias? Is it
appropriate to
have a bias for
this material (as
in, does it fit the
purpose of the
unit?)?
· Why is this
material
appropriate to the
unit? How this
resource will help
students reach
your planned
objectives?

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Museum ources/general/wo are well researched
man-suffrage- sorting many
movement sources by experts
in the field. The
site was designed
to inform.

playspent.o Lexile® Urban Ministries http://playspent.or This resource will be Urban Ministries of
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students will use funding for their
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devices to complete homelessness both
the activity. It is locally and
intended to give nationwide. They
students an example would be
of problems facing considered a
the modern worker reliable source of
and will provide information. This
context for the Union game, however, is
Organizing project. extremely biased.
The concept is to
survive for a month
on minimum wage.
The player is
presented with
choices and
situations designed
to illustrate how
hard this is to
accomplish. The
game is nearly
impossible to win.
This bias will be
pointed out to
students after the
activity, however it
will be helpful to
show the struggles
faced by those
living in poverty
every day.

The Rights ● Lexile® The Advocates This reading will This is a reliable
of Workers Measure: for Human Rights https://www.thead provide context for source of
in the 1400L - vocatesforhumanr the activity that information. The
United 1500L ights.org/uploads/ students will complete author provides
States ● Mean workers_rights_fa the following day. It reliable sources for
(Informatio Sentence ct_sheet.pdf will be read aloud as a their information
nal Text) Length: full class. The teacher and cites them
24.20 will pause at points to properly. The
● Mean Log explain the meaning article was last
Word of harder to updated in 2011,
Frequency understand passages. meaning that it is
: 3.02 The document will be up to date. The
● Word used to teach students resource is intended
Count: about the current to inform adult
242 rights of workers with workers of their
the intention of rights and to help
drawing a comparison them understand
to field workers in the how these are
1960s. guaranteed. It
seems to be
relatively unbiased
 and sticks to simple
facts as much as
possible. It is
important for this
source to be as
unbiased as
possible since it is
meant to be a
measurement of
progress. This
resource is
appropriate to the
unit because it
shows what was
accomplished by
the labor
movement, and
Cesar Chavez
specifically. The
objective of this
piece of reading is
to set students up
with a knowledge
of what rights
workers have today
so that they have an
idea of what to ask
for when they have
to organize a mock
union.

Discovering 940 L McGraw/Hill Discovering our Students will use McGraw/Hill is a

Our Past: A Education past: A history of their textbooks as a well known
History of the United States. reference for their company who hires
the United (2016). essay, vocabulary experts to write
States Columbus, OH: words and pictures. textbooks. It is a
McGraw-Hill reliable source but
Education. may be biased to
white man’s
history. The
textbook was
written to inform.

Rise Up: The N/A The History https://www.histo “This one-hour The History Channel
Movement Channel ry.com/specials/ri documentary explores and History.com are
That Produced by se-up-the- the key battles in the reliable sources.
Changed LeBron James movement-that- Civil Rights LeBron James is not
America changed- Movement that an expert in the field,
america/about transformed however his
American society– involvement in the
from the Montgomery project is engaging to
Bus Boycott of 1955 students since he is
to the Chicago such a popular figure.
 Campaign which led This is the newest
to the Fair Housing documentary
Act of 1968. The produced about the
special will uncover civil rights
what it took to movement, released
translate protest into on the 50th
real legislative anniversary of the
change” assassination of Dr.
(history.com), Martin Luther King,
Jr. The video will be
used as an
introduction to the
Civil Rights
Movement and its
key takeaway is how
a social movement
can start as a protest
and move into real
legislative change.
The documentary
was made to inform.

The Farm N/A PBS https://www.pbsle This is a short, 16 The source is

Worker arningmedia.org/r minute, video that reliable. It is from
Movement esource/df492426 will be shown to the the PBS Latino
(Video) -ffec-4eef-bed1- whole class. It is Collection. It was
caca19c08b41/the designed to run as a created in 2013
-farm-worker- factual counterpoint meaning it is up to
movement/ to the Cesar Chavez date. The original
biopic that will be purpose of this
shown for the first resource is to
two days of this inform. It does
section of the unit. have a pro-worker
bias, however the
creators present the
information as
factually as
possible. This
material is
important to the
topic because it
expands on the
narrow view shown
by the Hollywood
movie that will be
shown on the first
two days of this
section. It also
connects with the
other movements
covered in this unit
by discussing racial
tensions and
 showing that
women, especially
Dolores Huerta,
played a major role
in this movement.

The 720L Cynthia Levinson Levinson, C., Teacher will read The author spent
Youngest Simon & Schuster (2017). The aloud to the class on three years
Marcher: Publisher youngest Week 1 Day 3 before researching marchs
The Story of marcher: The a structured and interviewing
Audrey Faye story of Audrey discussion. marchers after
Hendricks, A Faye Hendricks, a meeting Audrey
Young Civil young civil rights Faye Hendricks and
Rights activist. New being inspired to
Activist York: Atheneum tell her story in a
Books for Young meaningful way to
Readers, an children. The
imprint of Simon theme is that you
& Schuster are never too young
Children's to make a
Publishing difference! The
Division. book was written to
inform.

The 1120L Malcolm X as X, M., Haley, A., Students will read This book is a
Autobiograp told to Alex Haley & Handler, M. S. The Autobiography of reliable source as it
hy of Grove Press (1965). The Malcolm X is written by a civil
Malcolm X Publishers, 1965 autobiography of independently while rights leader. Yes
Malcolm X. New participating in there is bias as it is
York (N.Y.): structured discussions told from his
Grove Press. and journal entries experience of being
based on various a disadvantaged
themes, periodically black man in
throughout the unit America in the
and reference it in mid-twentieth
their essay. century. There is a
reason for using an
older source, as this
is a history class,
primary sources are
a part of our field
of study. The bias
is useful to place
historical figures it
the context of the
time in which they
lived. Malcolm X
was a great civil
rights leader, his
philosophies
changed many
times, but he is an
example of how
 education is the key
to overcoming
poverty. Our
students may relate
to his life story in
many ways. The
book was written to
inform (maybe
persuade a little).

Young Chanice Lee Lee, C. (2018). Recommended for Chanice Lee is a

Revolution Young further reading to help teen activist,
ary revolutionary: A students think about author, speaker,
teens guide to how and when they and blogger. Her
activism. Atlanta: can be an activist in book is meant to
YBF Publishing. their community, persuade teens to
become activists.
This ties into the
overarching theme
that you are never
too young to make
a difference. We
hope to inspire our
students by
showing them a
book written by a
fellow teen.