Case Study #4
Restorative Circle for Civic Actions
DAY
5
What to Expect: Today’s Lesson
Warm Up
Learning target, check-in
Social Studies
Vocabulary
Key definitions
Civic participation
Questions
Reflection
Exit Ticket
Wrap-up
Warm Up
I can examine how a activists fought against racist actions in the Westchester area and identify a strategy our class can practice to fight for equity today.
SECTION ONE: WARM UP
Learning Target
Check-In
Show the class with your fingers which number ‘sheep’ represents how you’re feeling today?
Vocabulary
Antiracist (adj.)
DEFINITION:
Believing and acting as if racial groups are equals and actively resisting racism.
EXAMPLE:
Members of the White Plains Urban League met regularly to organize for integration and better housing in Westchester, NY.
VOCABULARY
Social Studies Practices:
Civic Participation
SECTION THREE: CIVIC PARTICIPATION
1963:
200,000 March on Washington
SECTION THREE: CIVIC PARTICIPATION
1967: FIGHT Kodak protest
Questions
Skim through the jigsaw sources you explored yesterday and identify specific civic action strategies. Share which strategies you could see yourself applying to a problem you see in the world today?
Round One:
Circle Agreements
SECTION FOUR: OPTION 1
During the read aloud, note one antiracist strategy Dr. Cooper used to take action against an injustice. Be prepared to share.
Round Two:
Circle Agreements
SECTION FOUR: OPTION 2
“I became a scientist because I did not see any black scientists. I looked around and I saw black doctors, black lawyers, but no black scientists.�I chose that as a challenge.”�– Dr. Walter Cooper
Which action strategy do you think we might practice this school year?
Round Two:
Circle Agreements
SECTION FOUR: QUESTIONS
Westchester Action Strategies
Dr. Cooper’s Action Strategies
Exit Ticket
What problem or issue in our school or community can we address using an antiracist action strategy?
SECTION FIVE: EXIT TICKET
What problem or issue in our school or community can we address using an antiracist action strategy?
SECTION FOUR: EXIT TICKET
Bailey, Khaliat, and Simra meeting with their principal to address their concerns about hiring more black teachers.
What zone are you in? How will you use your feelings to make a difference?
In the late 1960s and early 1970s RCSD students organized the Puerto Rican Student Union. They performed sit ins, marched, published newsletters and walked out of school to demand better housing, that Puerto Rican history be taught, and for bilingual education.
Blue Zone 1 finger | Green Zone 2 fingers | Yellow Zone 3 fingers | Red Zone 4 fingers |
Bored | Happy | Excited | Upset |
Tired | Positive | Worried | Angry |
Sad | Thankful | Nervous | Aggressive |
Depressed | Proud | Confused | Mad |
Shy | Calm | Embarrassed | Terrified |
OPTIMISTIC CLOSING