The New Jim Crow Lesson Plan

Criminal Justice System Research Project Day 2

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will write a script for their research project.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.7

Structure:

Before this activity, students should have done a significant amount of research on their project already. Consider encouraging students to use an app like Evernote or Google Docs to organize their research.

To begin the activity, ask students to do a quick three-minute free-write. Ask students: what has been difficult about this project? What do you think you could do better? Have them write non-stop for three minutes. Then, ask...