English 11 · Week 25 · Justice, Identity, and Contemporary Voices
Native American Voices
Indigenous perspectives and land, including local California tribes.
- Students will
- Students analyze how an Indigenous author's point of view and rhetoric shape an argument about land, culture, and justice.
- SEL skill
- Listen to indigenous perspectives and set aside stereotypes
- What it looks like
- Students practice empathy by listening to Native voices and avoiding stereotypes.
- Content focus
- Native American voices and perspectives
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding other people's perspectives and feeling with them, including people from different backgrounds. 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.11-12.6: Reading: Informational Text, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 6
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.11-12.7 Evaluating language choices
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Content Knowledge
- Works with: Any text
- Popular books named: There There
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 11, Unit 3: Modern Times
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 11, Unit 4: Grit and Grandeur
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More social awareness activities for English 11
- Foundations of American Voice Social awarenessFounding documents and who they included and excluded.
- 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.
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