LITERACY & SOCIAL SCIENCE

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T#E$E% Culture, Dignity, and Identity

CONCE"T% Lessons from Africa - Living, Learning and Working Together:

Connecting people, places, and cultures to develop pride and dignity in who you are CONTENT TO"IC% E !loring literary and historical themes: res!ect for oneself and others and a!!reciating one"s !ersonal and cultural identity through fiction and nonfiction te ts !NIT TITLE% #chool and $e: Democratic %rinci!les in Everyday Life
!nit &escripti'n% #tudents &ill listen to and discuss te ts and !artici!ate in activities that &ill hel! them to
understand the conce!ts of fairness and e'uality to !eo!le of all cultures and ho& to im!lement it in their everyday life(

Lengt(% ) &eeks Enduring !nderstandin gs Essential Questi'ns

#tudents develo! an a!!reciation of integrity and res!ect &ithin their friendshi!s( We are all an im!ortant !art of the community( We all deserve to *e treated fairly(

C'mm'n C're and Illin'is Learning Standards Primary Secondary

+o& do culture and identify influence &ho &e are, What can I do to !ositively im!act my community, +o& do time, culture, and history influence &orks of art and-or the advancement of science and technology, +o& do I e tract and analy.e key details from literature in order to influence my a*ility to *ecome a critical thinker, Primary: Standards Assessed /I(0(1: With !rom!ting and su!!ort, descri*e the connection *et&een t&o individuals, events, ideas, or !ieces of information in a te t( W(0(2: With guidance and su!!ort from adults, recall information from e !eriences or gather information from !rovided sources to ans&er a 'uestion( /L(0(1 With !rom!ting and su!!ort, identify characters, settings, and ma3or events in a story( /L(0(4: With !rom!ting and su!!ort, ask and ans&er 'uestions a*out key details in a te t( W(0(1: 5se a com*ination of dra&ing, dictating, and &riting to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell a*out the events in the order in &hich they occurred, and !rovide a reaction to &hat ha!!ened Secondary: Standards Addressed /L(0() Ask and ans&er 'uestions a*out unkno&n &ords in a te t( /I(0(46 Actively engage in grou! reading activities, &ith !ur!ose and understanding( /7(0(4* /ecogni.e that s!oken &ords are re!resented in &ritten language *y s!ecific se'uences of letters( /7(0(1 0no& and a!!ly grade-level !honics and &ord analysis skills in decoding &ords( /7(0() /ead emergent-reader te ts &ith !ur!ose and understanding( W(0(8 With guidance and su!!ort from adults, res!ond to 'uestions and suggestions from !eers and add details to strengthen &riting as needed( #L(0(1 Ask and ans&er 'uestions in order to seek hel!, get information, or clarify something that is not understood( #L(0(9 #!eak audi*ly and e !ress thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly( L(0(4 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage &hen &riting or s!eaking( L(0(9 5se &ords and !hrases ac'uired through conversations, reading and *eing read to, and

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res!onding to te ts(

C'gniti)e S*ills

C'ntent

Reading, Writing, and Citing Textual Evidence Literal com!rehension #ummari.ing $aking connections across a variety of te ts :short, e tended, online, etc(; $aking connections across te ts and to self( Building Knowledge through Texts C'ncern f'r 't(ers% Respect /es!ecting yourself, others, and your school A!!lying rules e'ually to everyone %roviding te tual details to su!!ort ans&ers to 'uestions A!!lying lessons or !rover*s from African 7olktales in our everyday life

Assessments +&, &iagn'stic +-, -'rmati)e +S, Summati)e

&iagn'stic +"re.Assessment,% "art /% <n larger inde cards, have students dra& a !icture that dis!lays their understanding of fairness( Instruct them to &rite at least one sentence a*out the !icture( "art % <n a gra!hic organi.er, have students dra& a !icture of themselves doing something that is fair and &rite a sentence descri*ing the !icture( -'rmati)e Assessments #tudents &ill *e assessed *y ans&ering 'uestions a*out each of the te ts used in this unit( #tudents &ill *e assessed on ho& the &ork coo!eratively in grou!s, gathering information for their final !ro3ect( #tudents &ill kee! &riting 3ournals throughout the com!letion of this unit #tudents &ill !artici!ate in &riting &orksho!s and &riting conferences Summati)e "erf'rmance Assessment% =oth !arts are com!leted at the end of the unit( %art 4 Teac(er% Create a tem!late that students can dra& and &rite on( %ass out the tem!late to students and then read the instructions to students( Student &irecti'ns% 0We have learned different &ays to sho& fairness amongst each other( Today you &ill dra& a !icture sho&ing an act of fairness taking !lace and &rite a sentence e !laining your !icture( Then dra& a !icture sho&ing an act of unfairness taking !lace and &rite a sentence e !laining your !icture( %art > Teac(er &irecti'ns% Create a &riting tem!late :this may have an em!ty s!ace at the to! and lines to &rite at the *ottom;( %ass out the tem!late to students and then read the instructions to students( Student &irecti'ns% Today you &ill dra& a !icture in res!onse to the follo&ing 'uestion: What can &e do to hel! sho& kindness and-or res!ect to children in other countries like Chad and Li*eria( Then &rite a sentence e !laining your !icture(

Te1ts2 Res'urces

Anc('r Te1ts 0oi and the 0ola ?uts, *y @erna Aardema and Aoe Ce!eda /ain #chool, *y Aames /umford =eing 7air: A =ook a*out 7airness *y $ary #mall It"s $y Turn, David =edford

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$iss #!ider"s Tea %arty, David 0irk Cutting In Line Isn"t 7air: 7airness *y Anastasia #uen The Breedy %ython, /ichard =uckley =eing 7air *y Cassie $ayer =eing 7air *y /o*in ?elson ?o 7airC :Level >; :+ello /eader; *y Caren +olt.man and Aoan +olu* I +ave #elf-/es!ect *y $ary #mall =eing /es!ectful *y $ary #mall

Images%
7airness in our everyday lives

Note: Teachers may add pictures of students in the class showing fairness.

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Learning "erf'rmance Outc'mes2 Acti)ities

Kindergarten Interdisciplinary African and African American Studies Q !nit "lan

Week <ne: What is fairness, Bive !re-assessment to the class( =efore reading Being air: A Boo! a"out airness *y $ary #mall, allo& students to discuss &hat fairness is in small grou!s( <n an anchor chart, list some of the e am!les that students suggest as *eing fair( =egin reading the te t( As the te t is *eing read, list &hat the *ook says fairness is on the chart !a!er( E !lain to students that acting fairly is something that everyone needs to learn to do in order to get along &ith other !eo!le( <n a sheet of !a!er, &ith the &ords DI am *eing fair &hen I EEEEEEEEEEEEEE,F instruct students to fill in the *lank &ith one thing they do that is fair( Then allo& them to dra& a !icture( /evie& the !revious lesson &ith students using your anchor chartG let them kno& that &e &ill learn other &ays to !ractice fairness( /eread the *ook( In small grou!s, inform students that they &ill *e given a scene from the story to role-!lay or act out to the class( After each scene, ask the class, DWhat did this grou! do that sho&ed fairness,F =e sure to have students focus on the *ehavior and descri*e it( To !rom!t students you might say, DWhat did you see EEEEEE do,F <r DWhat did you hear EEEEE say,F <n Day > *e sure to !ush student"s thinking *y also asking, DWhy is it im!ortant to *e fair, What &ould ha!!en if &e decided to act unfair,F :>-day activity; #elect another te t a*out fairness from the list a*ove( Ask students to turn to their !artner and discuss ho& they think the te t dis!lays fairness( Again, have students descri*e e !licitly &hat they see and hear and share &hy they think it"s im!ortant( Week T&o: The act of kindness and generosity Introduce students to the voca*ulary &ords: kind and generous( In &hole grou!, discuss &ith students &hat they consider to *e kind and generous, list their res!onses on an anchor chart( ?e t, sho& students t&o !ictures that e !ress the act of kindness and-or generosity( $odel ho& to find and tell &hat the characters in the !icture are doing that sho& acts of kindness( Tell students to turn to a !artner and discuss &hat makes each !icture an act of kindness or generosity( List their res!onses on chart !a!er( Discuss ho& the t&o are related and ho& they are different( %lace students in small grou!s and give each grou! a different !icture re!resenting kindness and a sheet of !a!er to &rite on( Assign a recorder for each grou!( Instruct students to discuss and record the details that make the !icture an e am!le of kindness( What are the characters doing to sho& kindness, Strategies f'r 3aried Learner "r'files Work in small grou!s to !ractice listening and s!eaking skills needed to develo! academic language in the conte t of learning critical conce!ts( Allo& students &ho has or is develo!ing the *asic skills for &riting to assist as recorders 5se strategic grou!ing for grou! discussions and colla*orative learning( Brou! students &ith varying a*ilities( Assignments should *e differentiated according to students" learning a*ility( A!!ly necessary &riting technology to assist &ith students" &riting success( #u!!lying the necessary language translation for !arents for home&ork assignments(

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Ask students do they remem*er &here Africa is on the ma! or glo*e, Locate Li*eria( =efore reading D0oi and The 0ola ?uts: A Tale from Li*eria *y @erna Aadema, tell students that in a story &e are going to read from a country in Africa called Li*eria( As I read, think a*out if a *oy learns an im!ortant lesson a*out *eing generous and kind and ho& he learns this lesson( /ead the story( Ask students to !ay close attention to ho& the main character actsG &hat does he do, What does he say, Why does he act in this &ay, /ead the story( After reading the story, ask students 'uestions a*out the story: 4( Who is the main character of the story, >( Where does the story take !lace or &here is the setting of the story, What makes you think this &ay, 1( +o& does 0io hel! the creatures, )( What creatures do 0io hel!, Why do you think he hel!ed some of the creatures and not others, 8( Who did 0io &ant to marry, What did he have to do in order to marry her, Who hel!s 0io and &hat do each creature does to hel! him, Why do they hel! 0io, /eread #oi and The #ola Nuts: A Tale from $i"eria *y @erna Aadema !age 9( Discuss &ith students ho& 0oi hel!s or sho& kindness to the snake( %lan a Close /eading *ased on the character analysis *y e amine illustrations, &ords-!hrases and make informed !redictions(

Week Three: Lend a +el!ing +and: =uilding a #chool Introduce the *ook %ain School to the students( Tell students that in this *ook, &e &ill see ho& students in the country of Chad, another country in Africa, hel! each other( /ead %ain School *y Aames /umford( Ask students, D+o& does the teacher teach her students lessons a*out fairness, kindness and-or generosity,F 7inish reading the story( Ask students 'uestions a*out the story throughout the reading( /evie& the story &ith students( Inform students that today they &ill think and &rite a*out the follo&ing 'uestion: DImagine you came to school and there &as no school( +o& &ould you feel if you came to school and had to *uild your o&n classroom, What &ould you do, Who &ould hel! you,F Dra& a !icture of ho& your class &ould look( Bive students a sheet of &ith the starter sentence: If I came to school and had to *uild my o&n classroom, I &ould feel EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE( /evie& some of the students" ideas and &rite them on chart !a!er( Discuss &ith students &hat they think that the !arents and other !eo!le in the village thought-felt a*out

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students *uilding their o&n classroom, +o& do you think the students felt, Do they a!!reciate the classroom more *ecause they took !art in creating the classroom, +o& does this make them *etter citi.ens, #ho& students the !icture in %ain School( In grou!s, tell students that they &ill discuss the difference *et&een the rain school and our school( Then they &ill come u! &ith ideas on ho& &e could hel! !eo!le in different countries to have the things that they need in order to have some of the things that &e have in our classroom( +ome-#chool Connection: 7or home&ork have students to intervie& !arents or grand!arents to see ho& their childhood school is different from our school( Week 7our: Assessments %art 4 Teac(er% Create a tem!late that students can dra& and &rite on( Distri*ute the tem!late and read the instructions to students( Student &irecti'ns% DWe have learned different &ays to sho& fairness amongst each other( Today you &ill dra& a !icture sho&ing an act of fairness taking !lace and &rite a sentence e !laining your !icture(F Then dra& a !icture sho&ing an act of unfairness taking !lace and &rite a sentence e !laining your !icture( %art > Teac(er &irecti'ns% Create a tem!late that students can dra& and &rite on( %ass out the tem!late to students and then read the instructions to students( Student &irecti'ns% Today you &ill dra& a !icture in res!onse to the follo&ing 'uestion: What can &e do to hel! sho& kindness to children in other countries like Chad and Li*eria( Then &rite a sentence e !laining your !icture( Culminating Activities Character Counts has mini videos a*out fairness, res!ect, trust&orthy, etc( htt!:--&&&(youtu*e(com-&atch,vH)D#kED&aDcA #tudents &ill &atch the video( After the video, in small grou!s students &ill discuss and &rite a*out ho& characters dis!laying fair and unfair 'ualities, #tudents &ill, through art, de!ict their understanding of fairnessG this can *e done through !ainting, dra&ing, storytelling, and-or acting(

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0indness and generosity

Note: Teachers can add pictures of students from the class as well

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