7th grade Civil Rights - QAR, p. 1

Teacher:
Tharpe / Content Area:
Civics - Questioning / Grade Level:
7 / Date:
5/17/11 / Day:
Tuesday
7thGrade Course of Study Standard11:
Describe examples of conflict, cooperation, and interdependence of groups, societies, and nations using past and current events.
  • Tracing the political and social impact of the modern Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to the present, including Alabama’s role.

Previously Learned Needed Skills: QAR question types
Lesson Outcome:
When you leave class today you will be able togenerate questions about occurrences leading tothe Civil Rights movement, including the contributions of key players.
Resources (textbooks/page numbers, trade books, etc.):
The American Vision textbook (section29.1), pp. 866-872; equity cards; video clip; QAR graphic organizer; charts for Carousel; sticky notes; index cards; LCD projector; speakers for computer

Before

Purpose
  • activate prior knowledge
Strategy: Courage Connection (Think-Write-Pair-Share)
Procedure:
Based on what they already know about the beginnings of the civil rights movement, instruct students to:
Think about key people and groups (little Linda Brown, Thurgood Marshall, MLK, Jr., Rosa Parks) and respond to the following quote in writing:
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
Do you agree? Disagree? What are your thoughts? (3 mins.)
Students will pair up and share their thoughts with another student (2 minutes). The teacher will collect these as students exit the class.
*** Teacher must circulate during activity, listening to conversations. /

During

Purposes
engage with the text, generate questions, self-monitor comprehension, and integrate new information with prior knowledge
Strategies: Video Response; QAR; Carousel
Procedure:
  1. Students will view video clip from the state championship game in Remember the Titans .
Teacher instructs students to notice how courage is being practiced as they view.
Students will respond to the following question IN WRITING:
“Who do you think showed the most courage in Remember the Titans, Coach Boone or Coach Yoast?”
Students who think Boone had the most courage will all go to one side of the room. Students who think Yoast had the most courage will go to the other side of the room. Like-minded thinkers will then pair up and share their reasons.
Teacher will use equity cards to call on a few from each side to share their thoughts.
  1. Teacher will remind students of the four types of questions used in QAR, using examples from “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”.
  1. Who climbed up the water spout? (Right There)
  2. What happened after the rain washed the spider out? (Think and Search)
  3. Why do you think the spider decided to climb back up the water spout? (Author and You)
  4. Have you ever tried and failed at something once, and yet still had the courage to try again? (On Your Own)
I do: Teacher models chunk 1, paragraph 1 from “The Civil Rights Movement Begins.”.
Teacher reads paragraph aloud and models the four types of questions:
Right There: What did the African American soldiers want to change when they returned home from WWII? (prejudice)
Think and Search: Why did the African American soldiers think they could change prejudice? (They thought that the country would appreciate their loyalty and service.)
Author and Me: What types of prejudice were the African Americans protesting? (They were protesting separate but equal schools; separate seating areas in movie theaters, restaurants, buses, etc.;
On My Own: Who do you know personally (living today) who has stood up for something he/she believed in? Explain what he/she stood up for and the reactions of people around him/her.
We do: Teacher and students work together to generate QAR questions on the “Brown v. Board of Education” chunk. Teacher will read aloud using the CLOZE procedure.
Y’all do: Chunk 3: “The Montgomery Bus Boycott”. Students should partner read the text. Groups generate their questions, one per QAR category.
Teacher will use equity cards to lead an oral discussion in which groups share their questions.
Y’all do: Chunk 4: “African American Churches”. Students will read independently. Groups will generate questions, writing each question on a separate sticky note. Groups should post their questions on the appropriate chart.
  1. Carousel
Student groups will move from chart to chart, reading the questions posed by all groups and determining if they are appropriate. /

After

Purposes
  • reflect on the content of the lesson
  • reflect on previous thoughts
Strategy: Courage Connection (Think-Write-Pair-Share)
Procedure:
Reflect on what you wrote at the beginning of class about the quote. How has your thinking changed since we learned some more about it today? Add to your response on the back of the index card.
Think about key people and groups (little Linda Brown, Thurgood Marshall, MLK, Jr., Rosa Parks) and respond to the following quote in writing:
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
Do you agree? Disagree? What are your thoughts? (3 mins.)
Students will pair up and share their thoughts with another student (2 minutes). The teacher will collect these as students exit the class.
*** Teacher must circulate during activity, listeningto conversations.

URLs for video clips:

Civil Rights/Tribute -

Remember the Titans favorite video clip - (This is the one that you could show on Day 2 and then ask who had the most courage, Coach Boone or Coach Yoast.)

***I can download them using RealPlayer and show them from the laptop on which I downloaded since most schools block YouTube. I actually converted them to Windows Media Video, but they're too large to e-mail or attach to the wiki after I do that.