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My students will read Born a Crime in the midst of a unit titled "Good Trouble", where we will talk about rules that stemmed from oppression, and the rule breakers who stood up to injustice. Students will learn about the history of apartheid along with this book, a very important topic every student should understand. This book will help my students develop their literacy skills, while also bringing JOY into the classroom through Trevor Noah's humorous storytelling.
After reading this book, students will identify the rules in their community or school that are unjust, and brainstorm new solutions backed by evidence for a meeting with the principal. Even though apartheid is a part of history, my students understand and face the oppression from its legacy that continues today. It will be amazing for them to read it through the eyes of someone like them, a young teenager who sees and responds to injustice, but also a kid who dreams to be a DJ and runs around with friends. My students are agents of change, and this book will show them that sometimes we need to cause good trouble when we know something is not fair.
Finally, this project and book is especially important for my Black students, who need to see positive representation and joy of people who look like them. I want to have literature in the classroom that reflects my students, and this is a great step towards that.
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My students will read Born a Crime in the midst of a unit titled "Good Trouble", where we will talk about rules that stemmed from oppression, and the rule breakers who stood up to injustice. Students will learn about the history of apartheid along with this book, a very important topic every student should understand. This book will help my students develop their literacy skills, while also bringing JOY into the classroom through Trevor Noah's humorous storytelling.
After reading this book, students will identify the rules in their community or school that are unjust, and brainstorm new solutions backed by evidence for a meeting with the principal. Even though apartheid is a part of history, my students understand and face the oppression from its legacy that continues today. It will be amazing for them to read it through the eyes of someone like them, a young teenager who sees and responds to injustice, but also a kid who dreams to be a DJ and runs around with friends. My students are agents of change, and this book will show them that sometimes we need to cause good trouble when we know something is not fair.
Finally, this project and book is especially important for my Black students, who need to see positive representation and joy of people who look like them. I want to have literature in the classroom that reflects my students, and this is a great step towards that.