Is To Kill A Mockingbird Still Relevant Today?

Essential Question

Is To Kill A Mockingbird Still Relevant Today?
What do we gain when we learn about the lived experiences of other people?
How do we connect in meaningful ways with people who are different from us?
What is the relationship between diversity and inequality?
How do different people or groups represent and express their power?

Texts

Informational

A Tale of Two Schools

On April 14, 1947, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld the lower court decision in Mendez v. Westminster, which required the school to integrate and set the stage for Brown v. Board of Education.

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

Topic

Class Immigration

August 7, 2017

Informational

Why I’m A Racist

A white man writes about his journey to understanding his racial privilege and the “benefit of the doubt” that life has afforded him.

Jeff Cook

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

Social Studies

December 5, 2017

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Four Perspectives

A strategy to introduce the anti-bias framework into group discussion and textual analysis. Students respond to and pose questions from the four anti-bias domains: identity, diversity, justice and action.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.4, SL.6-12.6

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Be the Change...

Students identify and investigate a community problem and propose a solution. They then plan and implement action directed at solving the problem.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

sydrikk

Is To Kill A Mockingbird Still Relevant Today?

A Tale of Two Schools

Why I’m A Racist

Four Perspectives

Be the Change...

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