Read Chapter 5: The New Jim Crow.
Common Core Objectives
- 1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6
- 2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.7
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
Chapter 5
In Chapter 5, Alexander begins by criticizing President Obama’s speech on Father’s Day when he was a candidate. He spoke about absent fathers in the black community to the black community. Alexander argues that he should have mentioned mass incarceration is a huge...
