Day 1

The New Jim Crow Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read the Introduction and Chapter 1: The Rebirth of Caste.

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6

  3. 3

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.5

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

Introduction

In the introduction, Alexander explains her argument, which is that mass incarceration has created a new form of an old racial caste, hence her terminology the new Jim Crow. Alexander explains how she came...

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