Social Transformation Unit

This journal resource is a part of the Teach for Justice collection on TpT.

Each lesson plan includes common core standards for Language Arrts AND social justice standards from Learning for Justice (formally Teaching Tolerance) Although the lesson plans include standards for 7/8, this can easily be adapted to meet the needs of grades 6-12.

The texts in this resource are real life experiences from real people.

This unit contains 5 lessons:

Lesson 1: Identity Journal

Students will be able to:

•Define and describe identity and its importance

•Explain aspects of our own identities

Lesson 2: Privilege and Rights Journal

Students will be able to:

•Define privilege and rights

•Evaluate the difference between privileges and rights

•Discuss how privilege works in our society

Lesson 3: Prejudice and Racist Ideas Journal

Students will be able to:

•Define prejudice and racist idea

•Analyze and evaluate real life experiences in which certain aspects of a persons identity experience prejudice / racism

Lesson 4: Antiracism Journal

Students will be able to:

•Define antiracism

•Read and analyze quotes to determine meaning and connection to antiracist work

•Interview trusted community members

Lesson 5: A Plan for Action (Text and Written Response Organizer

Students will be able to:

•Read and annotate “Gerardo speaks Out” text

•Respond to text dependent questions

•Write an allyship action plan