EqualrightsLessonPlan

A. Standards:U.SHistory/gradelevel:11
1. Objectives:CCSDThestudentwillbeabletoexaminehistoricalthemes
toanalyzehowneweventscontinuetoshapeournationandsocietytoday.
Multicultural:Studentswillbeabletodiscussracism,sexism,andother
formsofprejudiceordiscrimination.Studentwillbeabletorecognizeand
valuewhatitmeanstorespecthumanrights.
LearningStyles:Visual,auditory,andkinesthetic
Gardners8Intelligence:Interpersonalandlinguistic
B.Materials/Equipment:Googleslide(visual/auditory),Handoutquiz(kinesthetic),
questionsfordiscussionpart1&2(kinesthetic/auditory)
C.Procedures:Theteacherwillstartthelessonwithaquestion/hookandaskstudentsto
thinkaboutitwhiletheywatchtheslidepresentation.TheteacherwillsayIwanteachand
everyoneofyoutothinkaboutatimewhenyouwerediscriminatedagainstbecauseofyour
race,gender,etc.
Theteacherwillthenpresenttheslide.Afterstudentswatchbothvideosandtheslide,the
teacherwillthenhandoutthequizonthevideos.Thequizwillconsistofmultiplechoice
questions,true/falseandshortanswerquestions.Aftertakingthequiztheteacherwillthen
circlebacktothequestionthatwasaskedatthebeginningofclass.Theteacherwillthencall
onvolunteerstoexplainanyincidentofdiscriminationandaskthemtheseriesofquestions
fromthediscussionquestionspart1.Allowforinterestingdiscussiontohappenbetween

studentsbeforecallingonthesamestudentstoanswerquestionsfromthediscussion
questionspart2.
D.Closure:Theteacherwillthenclosethelessonbychallengingstudentstothinkabouthow
itfeltthetimetheywerediscriminatedagainst,inordertocombatdiscrimination.Although
themillionmanmarchtookplacedecadesago,discriminationstillexistsinallformsbesides
racism.Theteacherwillexplainthatitisuptothestudentsandfuturegenerationsbehavior
tomakeachangetostopdiscriminationaltogether.
E.Assessment.Studentswillbegradedontodayslessonbytheanswersfromthequiz.
Studentswillalsoreceiveapass/failfortheshortanswerquestionsaslongasthey
understandthemainthemesofthelesson.Themessuchasrespectfordiversityandequal
rights.Studentswillalsobegivenpointsforparticipationinthediscussion,evenifthe
studentdidnotspeak.Aslongasthestudentwaslisteningduringthediscussiontheywill
receivepointsforparticipation.

HandoutQuiz
MultiplechoiceandTrue/falsequestions1pteach
1.Whenwasthemillionmanmarch?
a. 1950
b. 1970
c. August28th1963
d. 1980
2.Whowasthepresidentduringthistime?
a. JohnF.Kennedy
b. BillClinton
c. GeorgeWashington
d. RonaldReagan
3.HowmanypeoplecametoWashingtonD.Cforthemarch?
a. 100
b. 1,000
c. 5,000
d. 250,000
4.MLKsspeechwasonlysupposedtobefor4minutes,buthowlongwasitreally?
a. 4min

b. 2min
c. 1hour
d. 16min
5.WhydidMartinLutherKingspeaklast?
a. Nooneelsewantedto
b. Therewasaslotopen
c. EveryoneelsethoughttheT.Vcrewswouldbegone
d. Alloftheabove
6.Wheredidthemarchtakeplace?
a. WashingtonD.C
b. LasVegas
c. Alabama
d. NewYork
7.Whydidthemarchtakeplace?
a. Becausepeoplewerebored
b. Becausepeoplewantedtogotoaconcert
c. Tofightforfreedomandbetterjobs

8.Trueorfalse(circle)
MartinLutherKingJr.wastheonlyspeakeratthemillionmanmarch

9.Trueorfalse(circle)

MartinLutherKingwasoriginallyNOTgoingtotalkabouthisdream

10.Trueorfalse(circle)
Racismandsexismisaformofdiscrimination

11.Shortanswerquestions
1. Whydoyouthinkthemarchersusedpeaceandnotviolence?

2. Whatisdiscrimination?

3.Whyshouldpeoplenotdiscriminate?

DiscussionquestionsPart1&2

QuestionsPart1. Whydoyouthinkyouwerediscriminatedagainst?
Howdidthismakeyoufeel?Diditfeelunfairorwrong?
Whataresomereasonswhyyouthinkpeoplediscriminate?

QuestionsPart2. Doyouthinkitiswrongtodiscriminateagainstsomeone?Why?
Whydoyouthinkitisrighttobeacceptingofotherswhoaredifferent?
Whataresomereasonsyouwanttobeaccepted?

Rubricforshortanswerquestions/Checklistforlesson

Doesstudentunderstandwhatdiscrimination
is

Canstudentidentifydifferentkindsof
discrimination

Doesstudentunderstandwhydiversityhas
value

Canstudentcomprehendwhydiscrimination
iswrong

Total

20

References
Manning,M.L,&BaruthL.G.(2009)MulticulturalEducationofChildrenandAdolescents
4246.190
History.comstaff.(2009).
MarchonWashington.
[Videofile]retrievedfrom
http://www.history.com/topics/blackhistory/marchonwashington
LogistiKHD.(2013,Aug.28).
MartinLutherKingIhaveadreamspeech.
[Videofile]
retrievedfromhttps://youtu.be/I47Y6VHc3Ms