Introducing 

Prezi AI.

Your new presentation assistant.

Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.

Loading…
Transcript

The Problem Sweeping North America

November 2020

An introduction to the major conflict ...

Introduction

Get Ready!

  • Open up your Reading Notebook to a blank page.
  • Write today's date November 16th.
  • This is Unit 2 Lesson 13
  • Intro to Just Mercy

Do Now

Do Now...

  • Go to Google Classroom.
  • Go to Monday November 16th- Reading
  • Open up "During Class- What's Free- Do Now."
  • Begin reading the poem "What's Free"

You have 3 minutes to read

In Breakout Rooms Discuss...

Discussion

Who is the "they" the narrator is speaking about?

What's Free?!

The Problem....

Meek Mill is giving us a quick overview of an issue running rampant in America...

Mass Incarceration.

Definition

Mass incarceration is

the unique way the U.S. has locked up a vast population in federal and state prisons, as well as local jails.

Copy this definition

These prisoners are disproportionately Black and Latino — against whom the system is biased at every level. Despite similar rates of drug use, black people are nearly four times as likely to be arrested for marijuana use, and black males are often given longer sentences for crimes than their white peers.

Many of the people locked up should be receiving treatment in the community.

Who is affected?!

A First Hand Account

From Meek Mill Himself...

As you listen to the video, take notes on Meek's argument on mass incarceration and the criminal justice system.

Next Steps

What's Next...

  • In Google Classroom read the article titled "Meek Mill: Prisoners Need a New Set of Rights"
  • Read AND ANNOTATE the article.
  • You will be graded on your annotations!

Annotation Criteria

In order to receive at least a 70 your annotations must include:

  • Topic Note
  • 2 sub-claim annotations
  • Final Author's Claim note
Learn more about creating dynamic, engaging presentations with Prezi