The Case for Reparations Lesson Plan

Reparations Quote Exercise

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will be able to identify and analyze important passages in the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.2

Structure:

To start the activity, ask a student to volunteer to read the first paragraph in section 2, “A Difference of Kind, Not Degree.” The section begins with “According to the most recent statistics, North Lawndale is now on the wrong end of virtually every socioeconomic indicator” and ends with “Cook County’s Juvenile Temporary Detention Center sits directly adjacent to the neighborhood.” Guide students through a close reading of this...