Module 4: Responding to Inequality: Ratifying the 19th Amendment
Module 4: Overview
This module uses literature and informational texts to introduce students to gender and racial inequality issues in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, and recognize how the process of ratifying the 19th Amendment can teach us about how people were responding to gender and racial inequality at that time.
Student Texts:
The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach
"Ten Suffragists Arrested While Picketing the White House"
"The Girl Who Acted before Rosa Parks", by E. Blattman
Guiding Questions and Big Ideas:
What can we learn from the process of ratifying the 19th Amendment?
How can stories inspire us to take action to contribute to a better world?
How and why can we encourage and support others to contribute to a better world?
This module uses literature and informational texts to introduce students to gender and racial inequality issues in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, and recognize how the process of ratifying the 19th Amendment can teach us about how people were responding to gender and racial inequality at that time.
Student Texts:
The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach
"Ten Suffragists Arrested While Picketing the White House"
"The Girl Who Acted before Rosa Parks", by E. Blattman
Guiding Questions and Big Ideas:
What can we learn from the process of ratifying the 19th Amendment?
How can stories inspire us to take action to contribute to a better world?
How and why can we encourage and support others to contribute to a better world?
Module 4 Unit Overviews:
Unit 1: Building Background Knowledge: Reading about and Analyzing Events in The Hope Chest
In Unit 1, students are introduced to the topic, "Responding to Inequality: Ratifying the 19th Amendment," and begin reading The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach. Students read chapters of the texts in groups to practice reading fluency and greater independence. They analyze characters' reactions to events in which equal rights are compromised or violated, compare artwork inspired by the book, and answer questions about vocabulary. Students will be introduced to idioms, adages, and proverbs through the text, and they closely read and then, compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand informational accounts of events connected to those in the Hope Chest.
Unit 2: Analyzing Characters and How Their Actions Contribute to Theme: Reading and Analyzing The Hope Chest
In Unit 2, students continue to read The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach. As they read chapters of the text, they analyze the meaning of similes, metaphors, idioms, adages, and proverbs. They also analyze how character actions show evidence of themes and summarize the events in each chapter that show evidence of a theme.
Unit 3: Call to Action: How Can We Make a Difference?
In Unit 3, students connect their learning about the process of ratifying the 19th Amendment to their own lives. Recognizing that Violet and the other characters in The Hope Chest took action against inequality to cause social change, students focus on how kids can make a difference. The students read informational texts and watch videos to research how kids around the United States have addressed issues in their communities and made a difference. As they research, they learn about issues people face around the country and see real-life examples of how kids contributed to a better world.
Unit 1: Building Background Knowledge: Reading about and Analyzing Events in The Hope Chest
In Unit 1, students are introduced to the topic, "Responding to Inequality: Ratifying the 19th Amendment," and begin reading The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach. Students read chapters of the texts in groups to practice reading fluency and greater independence. They analyze characters' reactions to events in which equal rights are compromised or violated, compare artwork inspired by the book, and answer questions about vocabulary. Students will be introduced to idioms, adages, and proverbs through the text, and they closely read and then, compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand informational accounts of events connected to those in the Hope Chest.
Unit 2: Analyzing Characters and How Their Actions Contribute to Theme: Reading and Analyzing The Hope Chest
In Unit 2, students continue to read The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach. As they read chapters of the text, they analyze the meaning of similes, metaphors, idioms, adages, and proverbs. They also analyze how character actions show evidence of themes and summarize the events in each chapter that show evidence of a theme.
Unit 3: Call to Action: How Can We Make a Difference?
In Unit 3, students connect their learning about the process of ratifying the 19th Amendment to their own lives. Recognizing that Violet and the other characters in The Hope Chest took action against inequality to cause social change, students focus on how kids can make a difference. The students read informational texts and watch videos to research how kids around the United States have addressed issues in their communities and made a difference. As they research, they learn about issues people face around the country and see real-life examples of how kids contributed to a better world.
Building Background Knowledge:
Student Interactives & Research |
Women Who Fought for the Vote |
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Homework Resources (for Families): |
Recursos para la Tarea (Para las Familias) |