Day 1

Warriors Don't Cry Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Blogging the Book

    Kind of Activity:

    Long-term Project

    Objective:

    Students will record their reactions and questions, and will make and evaluate predictions throughout the duration of the book

    Structure:

    Warriors Don't Cry is set during the American civil rights movement. The memoir recounts scenes with overt, intense, and repeated racially motivated violence. This material may be triggering to some students and the teacher should warn the class ahead of time about the contents of the book. Avoid the use of any racial slurs in the classroom; if utilizing a direct quote from the text, write the slur as "n*****." Emphasize to the students that it is critical that all...

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