Read Chapter 3: The Color of Justice and Chapter 4: The Cruel Hand.
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.7
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6
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
Chapter 3
In Chapter 3, Alexander picks up where she left off in Chapter 2. Whereas in Chapter 2, she describes the beginning of a person’s encounter with the criminal justice system: the police. In Chapter 3, she...