Q4 - Power! Organizing for Equality and Justice

Image Source - Angela Davis in black and white and gray

Links to Essential Lessons

POWER!
Organizing the Fight for Equality and Justice.

Skill Focuses
Change and Continuity
Cause and Effect
Multiple Perspectives
Using Claim, Evidence and Reasoning

Compelling Questions
How are constitutional principles reflected in the institutions of government?
What are the rights guaranteed to persons by the Constitution?

Learning Targets
Collective Action: I can explain my rights according to the Constitution and our Constitutional Amendments.
Equality: I can analyze movements for equality throughout U.S. History and compare them to the actions of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Justice: I can analyze movements for justice throughout U.S. History and how they have been helped and hindered by citizens, state/federal government institutions and elected officials.

Level
High School

Length
7 weeks

School Year
'23 Fall Semester

Author
Dylan Wince

School
Tempe High School

Traditional Units
The Three Branches of Government
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Entry Event

Driving Question(s)

DQ1 - How can we create a 3-episode podcast series about collective actions of people pushing the U.S. Government towards equality and justice for all throughout U.S. History and today?

DQ1 - ¿Cómo podemos crear una serie de podcasts de 3 episodios sobre acciones colectivas de personas que empujan al gobierno de los EE. UU. hacia la igualdad y la justicia para todos a lo largo de la historia de los EE. UU. y en la actualidad?

DQ2 - How have elected officials with the power of state/tribal/federal government helped or hindered the effectiveness of different movements throughout U.S. History?

DQ2 - ¿De qué manera los funcionarios electos con el poder del gobierno estatal/tribal/federal ayudaron u obstaculizaron la efectividad de diferentes movimientos a lo largo de la historia de los EE. UU.?

Project Description

Students will be asked to think about how movements towards equality and justice have taken place throughout U.S. History. Students will be asked to grapple with what role they can play in learning and sharing their learning about how people play a role in moving our country towards a country that demonstrates equality and justice for all.

We will be exploring how elected officials can use their positions to either help movements or silence movements they disagree with.

Students will be asked to recognized the hard struggle that has happened throughout history and how we all can play a role today to continue working towards creating a country that is good for everyone who is living here in Arizona and the United States.