I built the lesson around a theme which
was central to their curriculum. It was designed as an essential
question that would engage students in reflection about how they
allowed prejudice to color their perceptions. I selected images
which could be “decoded” by students with a minimum of background
knowledge. The source material
contains twenty-five documents in text and image formats. I
modernized historic accounts at two reading levels – 5th and 8th
grade. Each contains the same twenty five documents. A series of six
exercises accompanies the lesson to guide students through the
process of extracting information from the documents and
constructing their own answers to the essential question.
Documents
printable / viewable
3 MB pdfs
5th grade reading level
8th grade reading level
Also included are six activity
Worksheets printable
/ viewable pdfs
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Adam and Eve in America
Theodor de Bry 1590
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13 rarely seen WWII propaganda films
43 historic posters and more
CCSS learning prompts
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