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A Certain Type of Fire

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Class time Activity/instructions Materials/links
1 1 class period Students write response to 1st prompt and then discuss their responses in small or large group discussion. - 1st writing prompt
handout #1.pdf
2 1-2 class periods Have students 1st watch and then, on a second time through, respond to powerpoint presentation on the Civil Rights movement.
Ask to note in the space provided for each slide (handout #2) what issues, people, ideas, challenges, and/or strategies are highlighted in each slide.
- powerpoint presentation
- note form handout of presentation 3 slides per page
handout #2.pdf
3 1 class period Have students watch and listen to the last portion of the "I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" speech.
Have students read extended excerpts from the speech and complete handout #3a

-audio of speech
- video tape excerpt
- questions on video and speech

handout#3.pdf

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Urban Dreams
OUSD Curriculum Unit

"There Was A Certain Type of Fire That No Water Could Put Out…" Personal Stories of Liberation from The Civil Rights Movement

Subject: Social Studies
Grade Level: 11th
Lesson Plan Authors:
Maliika Herd-Chambers
and Stan Pesick

Organization: OUSD