Ethnic Studies · Week 14 · Power, Equity, and Community Action
Many Views on Fairness
Reading thoughtful writers who disagree about how best to achieve fairness in schools and communities, and practicing summarizing each view so well that its holders would agree.
- Students will
- Students identify where thoughtful writers agree and disagree about how best to achieve fairness in schools and communities, and summarize each view accurately and fairly.
- SEL skill
- Summarize a view you may not share, then choose a respectful response
- What it looks like
- Students practice taking another person's perspective and making a respectful decision about how to respond to a view they do not share.
- Content focus
- Many Views on Fairness
- Format
- Structured discussion
Responsible decision-making
Social awareness means understanding the perspectives of others, including people whose views and backgrounds differ from yours, and treating them with empathy and respect. More responsible decision-making 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.Social Movements and Equity: California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum theme, Social Movements and Equity
- ESMC.Systems of Power: California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum theme, Systems of Power
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: HREP3 Evaluate major debates among historians about alternative interpretations of the past. (Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View)
- C3 Framework (national): D1.2.9-12 Explain where experts agree and disagree about the ideas connected to a compelling question.
- Literacy in history: RH.9-10.6 Compare the point of view of two or more authors on the same or related topics.
More responsible decision-making activities for Ethnic Studies
- Mendez Before Brown Responsible decision-makingStudying how Mexican American families in Mendez v. Westminster used the courts in 1946 and 1947 to challenge school segregation in California, and identifying lawful, principled ways to address unfairness.
- Laws That Shaped Neighborhoods Responsible decision-makingExamining how practices like redlining and California's alien land laws shaped where families could live and own land, while comparing historians' interpretations of their lasting effects.
- Taking Action in Our Community Responsible decision-makingResearching a local issue from several community perspectives and planning a respectful, lawful action that invites people with different views to the table.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.