Homegoing Lesson Plan

History is Written By the Winner

Kind of Activity:

Collaborative Writing

Objective:

Through this writing assignment, students will learn to look for marginalized voices to get a clearer picture of events.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.3

Structure:

Yaw tells his students that History is Storytelling. He explains that students should always look to see whose story they are missing. This activity will help students understand Yaw's lesson while they work on their writing skills.

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