English 11 · Week 2 · Foundations of the American Voice
Foundations of American Voice
Founding documents and who they included and excluded.
- Students will
- Students analyze foundational U.S. documents for purpose, themes, and who was included or excluded.
- SEL skill
- Explain how a document looks from the view of someone it left out
- What it looks like
- Students consider fairness and who is left out of promises.
- Content focus
- Founding documents: inclusion and exclusion
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness is taking the view of someone else, with empathy, especially someone whose life differs from yours. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- RI.11-12.9: Reading: Informational Text, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 9
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.11-12.6 Reading and viewing closely
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Content Knowledge
- Works with: Any nonfiction
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 11, Unit 1: We the People
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 11, Unit 1: Writing Freedom
- HMH Collections Grade 11, Collection 2: Building a Democracy
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More social awareness activities for English 11
- Voices of Resistance Social awarenessFrederick Douglass and other voices of resistance.
- Gatsby and Belonging Social awarenessCharacters reinventing themselves to belong.
- Immigration Narratives Social awarenessImmigrant experiences in American literature.
- Civil Rights Rhetoric Social awarenessLetter from Birmingham Jail and nonviolent persuasion.
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