Stamped from the Beginning Lesson Plan

Factchecker for Hire

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will research the events, people, etc in the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7

Structure:

Begin this activity by asking students what they think a fact checker is. Students might respond with various versions of “someone who checks facts.” Explain to them that fact checkers work for publishing houses, newspapers, independent journalists, and more to check to make sure the facts being printed are correct. Then, inform them that some of the reviews and critiques of Stamped from the Beginning and other books by Ibram X. Kendi suggest that his historical facts are not always...