Unit Framework
Essential Question:
What role does power play in shaping the existence, experiences and opportunities of an individual, a community and a country?
Guiding Content Questions:
1. What is power?
2. What factors determine which individuals and institutions hold power and which do not?
3. What is the relationship and dynamic between the powerful and the powerless?
4. What are the effects or consequences of the relationship between the powerful and the powerless?
5. Are the powerful permanently powerful and the powerless permanently powerless?
7. What are the results or consequences of changing power dynamics?
8. To what extent will people or groups go to maintain power?
9. To what extent will people or groups go to shift from powerless to powerful?
9. How does power contribute to or inhibit change?
10. To what extent does fear perpetuate power dynamics?
11. How does power to inform our choices and actions both consciously and subconsciously?
What role does power play in shaping the existence, experiences and opportunities of an individual, a community and a country?
Guiding Content Questions:
1. What is power?
2. What factors determine which individuals and institutions hold power and which do not?
3. What is the relationship and dynamic between the powerful and the powerless?
4. What are the effects or consequences of the relationship between the powerful and the powerless?
5. Are the powerful permanently powerful and the powerless permanently powerless?
7. What are the results or consequences of changing power dynamics?
8. To what extent will people or groups go to maintain power?
9. To what extent will people or groups go to shift from powerless to powerful?
9. How does power contribute to or inhibit change?
10. To what extent does fear perpetuate power dynamics?
11. How does power to inform our choices and actions both consciously and subconsciously?
Materials
(additional materials sent to you via Google Classroom)
non_violent_resistance_handout.pdf | |
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childrens_march_questions.pdf | |
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NATIVE SON
native_son_pgs_1-42.docx | |
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page_43-61.docx | |
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pages_65-93_questions.docx | |
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pages_97-116.docx | |
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native_son_116-149.docx | |
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native_son_pgs_149-172.docx | |
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native_son_187-215.docx | |
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native_son_pages_217-270.docx | |
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october_1966_black_panther_party.pdf | |
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Analytical Thinking Opportunities
Systems of Power Analysis
Using the resources listed below identify 3 major points that show your concrete understanding of the existence and role of invisible systems of power in society.
1. Dominant vs. Minority Group Relationships PowerPoint
2. Yamato Reading
3. Native Son (pg. 1 - 93)
4. De Tocqueville
5. Us and Them
Jim Crow Analysis
Evaluate the cultural and legal aspects of Jim Crow in the American South from 1877 - 1965.
Analysis should draw first from the following resource but feel free to deepen your understanding with further research: http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm
Evaluate the cultural and legal aspects of Jim Crow in the American South from 1877 - 1965.
Analysis should draw first from the following resource but feel free to deepen your understanding with further research: http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm
President Kennedy's June 11, 1963 Speech Analysis
Listen/read and establish the significance of President Kennedy's speech on civil rights.
black_power_definitions_and_questions.pdf | |
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Stokely Carmichael - Black Power Speech AnalysisFind a newscast that supports or refutes the following: Could Carmichael's speech be given today and be equally relevant?
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