Ascending from Greatness: Freedom on the Horizon
ILLINOIS
Students will apply various reading and research skills as they analyze primary sources and texts from The 1619 Project and utilize this analysis to question societal inequalities within the city of Chicago while building their knowledge of historical greats prior to slavery.
CURRICULAR RESOURCES
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Students explore themes of challenge and perseverance by analyzing four books, including Born on the Water, and ultimately create original narratives from the perspective of a character in a text.
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Lesson Plan
This is Where I Come From
Students who have moderate disabilities and learn in a class with a significantly modified curriculum analyze plot, character, and theme in each poem in Born on the Water.
