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...
- 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 is
the unique way the U.S. has locked up a vast population in federal and state prisons, as well as local jails.
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?!
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!
In order to receive at least a 70 your annotations must include:
- Topic Note
- 2 sub-claim annotations
- Final Author's Claim note