M.S. Lesson Activity no. 7
Reading of Excerpt from Warriors Don’t Cry
Application
Students — Grades 7 and 8
Lesson Time
Approx. 30 minutes
Objective
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
- Understand the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education decision on one individual.
- Understand the cultural environment in many Southern states at the time of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
Materials
Handout A: Excerpt from Warriors Don’t Cry (Source: Joy Hakim, All the People, Oxford University Press, 1995, p. 84).
Activity
- Distribute Handout A. Allow students to read the excerpt and answer the questions.
- Discuss student answers to the questions and their reactions to the content contained in the excerpt.
New York State Standards
Students will understand that central to civics and citizenship is an understanding of the roles of the citizen within American constitutional democracy and the scope of a citizen’s rights and responsibilities.
Students will understand that the American legal and political systems guarantee and protect the rights of citizens and assume that citizens will hold and exercise certain civic values and fulfill certain civic responsibilities.
Format
This lesson is in constructed response question format which is used in New York State Assessments.
