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MODULE 4 LESSON 6
HOW DO PEOPLE EFFECT SOCIAL CHANGE?
EXAMINE A PHOTO
WELCOME
Examine the photograph on page 30 of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, and respond in writing to the following question:
“How does this photograph develop your understanding of what it was like to ride the bus in the era of segregation?”
LAUNCH
What doesn’t this photograph tell you about riding the bus during segregation?
medium - the way information or ideas are communicated, for example print text is one medium, and photography is another medium.
Why might it be important to examine Claudette’s story in different mediums?
SWBAT consider why it matters to hear and read Claudette’s account of what happened to her, and how different mediums can convey different information and ideas about life during segregation.
Discuss Claudette’s Story
LEARN
- How much of this chapter is in Claudette’s voice, and how much is narrated by the author?
- Why do you think Phillip Hoose chose for so much of chapter 4 to be in Claudette’s own voice?
- Discuss the questions on the next slide in your table groups and record your answers in your Response Journals.
- Read the chapter title aloud: “It’s My Constitutional Right!” Locate the source of the title in chapter 4.
- What is significant about Claudette’s particular choice of the phrase “constitutional right” (34)? What kind of language is she using?
- What is the effect of Claudette’s precise choice of language in the unfolding of events on the bus?
- go to the final paragraph on page 32.
- What is the effect of Claudette’s silence in this moment?
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What difference would it have made if Claudette remained silent throughout these events?
Listening goal: Listen for purpose.
Examine: Why is it important to listen for purpose?
Why might it be important to listen to Claudette Colvin’s first person account?
Watch the video below:
Analyze Claudette’s Story in Different Mediums
How does the video convey the story of the events on the bus? How does it convey Claudette Colvin’s motivations for taking action?
pages 34–36
What was the strongest category for each medium? How does the key sentence or phrase you identified in the video compare with the print text?”
Examine: Why is it important to assess sources?
Examine Assessing Sources
What do you know about this photograph? Where is it from?
Why is this photograph significant to your understanding of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice?
Note: When you encounter new sources, remember to assess what you know about that source before trying to determine whether or not it is significant to their research.
EXIT TICKET
LAND
How does reading and hearing Claudette’s story in her own voice affect your understanding of the issues and events in the book?
HOMEWORK
Reread chapter 5, pages 39–49, of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice and annotate for responses from the community to Claudette’s stand against injustice.
*Do not write in your book
WRAP
Review the definition of justifiable you wrote for homework.Then write a new sentence summarizing the events of Chapter 4 of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice using the word justifiable.
DEEP DIVE
Turn to the last sentence of the first full paragraph on page 29. Determine which definition of justice best fits the context of the sentence.
- Go back to the last sentence of the first full paragraph on page 9. “Does the definition of justifiable work within the context of the sentence?"
- Would Brooks or Claudette Colvin say that justice had been served in this case? Why or why not?
- What does this example tell us about the relationship between the words justice and justifiable?