The Case for Reparations Lesson Plan

Read “The Case for Reparations” in its entirety.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.1

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.2

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

“So That’s Just One of My Losses”

In this section, Coates describes the life of Clyde Ross, who was born in Mississippi. Throughout Ross's childhood, the rules of the Jim Crow South meant that...