Inquiry Outline

Survey/ Self-Assessment:
Have students rate their ability to define the terms// define (weeks 1 and 7).
- Culture
- Activism
- Segregation
- Immigration
- Oppression
- Racism

Schedule:
Ten minutes at beginning of class.
Monday- Explain learning target and introduce book/ topic.
Tuesday- Build background.
Wednesday- Read book.
Thursday- Students pick golden quote from book, draw a picture, and write a sentence
explaining why they chose the golden quote and relate it to building background.
Friday- Class discussion/ post is due.

*At the end of the 7 weeks, students can use their magic pencils to say something by writing
about and refencing a topic that is important to them, while referring to topics we discussed the
readings.

Books:

Week 1: We Came to America by Faith Ringgold

- Define immigration. Discuss why some people come to America. What do students
already know about people coming to America?

Week 2: Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh

- Define segregation/ desegregation. Discuss why some Mexican Americans experienced
segregation in the mid 1940s.

*Define Black History Month and its origins/ purpose.

Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f00AatzvxC0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzt3gFgYVYk
Week 3: Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles and Jerome Lagarrigue
- Remind students of the definition of segregation. Discuss the various places, things, etc.
that were segregated.

Week 4: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, Winifred Conkling, and Laura Freeman
or Counting on Katherine by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
 - Remind students that many African Americans did not have access to many careers and
educational opportunities due to racism and segregation, but that is it important to
celebrate those who did not let these obstacles block their paths.

Week 5: Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson and Frank Morrison
- Introduce students to peaceful protests, speech, and overall goal of their movement.
Discuss black civic engagement.

Week 6: Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai

- Introduce students to Malala’s story and how she did not have the same access to
education as a woman in Pakistan at this time and bad men tried to hurt for seeking this
education. But now she is an activist.

Week 7: Say Something! by Peter H. Reynolds

- Students will create a book to say something- less background, more review of the books
from this quarter.