Ethnic Studies · Week 12 · Histories and Movements in California
Black Californians Building Community
Exploring the life of Biddy Mason, who won her freedom in a Los Angeles court in 1856 and became a landowner and philanthropist, and naming the goals that motivate students.
- Students will
- Students use multiple sources to explain how Biddy Mason won her freedom in a Los Angeles court in 1856 and later became a landowner and community leader, and what goals motivated her.
- SEL skill
- Name a personal or imagined goal and the value behind it
- What it looks like
- Students name goals that motivate them and describe how hope and perseverance help people move toward goals.
- Content focus
- Biddy Mason's Freedom and Legacy
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means recognizing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and noticing how they shape what you do. More self-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
- ESMC.History and Movement: California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum theme, History and Movement
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: HREP4 Construct and test hypotheses using multiple primary and secondary sources and present findings orally and in writing. (Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.His.12.9-12 Use questions about multiple historical sources to pursue further inquiry and find additional sources.
- Literacy in history: RH.9-10.9 Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
More self-awareness activities for Ethnic Studies
- The Stories I Carry Self-awarenessStudents create an identity map of the names, languages, places, and traditions they choose to share and name the historian identity they bring to the course.
- Stereotypes and the Single Story Self-awarenessAnalyzing how stereotypes form in media and older textbooks and noticing the quick judgments our own minds make about people we do not know.
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