Learning Fairness from a Nonfiction Text
Grade
Grade 4
UNIT
7
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Fairness
In Unit 7, Lesson 2, “Learning Fairness from a Nonfiction Text,” students will learn examples of fairness from the lives of real people. Additionally, students will practice their reading comprehension skills by hearing a read aloud. Finally, students will create their own sentences that demonstrate their reading comprehension and share their sentences with a partner.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Hear a read aloud to support reading comprehension
- Demonstrate understanding of the main idea of a nonfiction text
- Compose sentences that demonstrate comprehension of the word fairness
- Demonstrate understanding of standard English sentence structure and grammar
- Practice reading and conversation skills by sharing sentences with classmates
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Video: Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Montgomery Bus Boycott for Kids | Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King by Kids Academy (~5 min)
- Book: Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly or
- Read aloud of Hidden Figures by HarperKids (~10 min)
- Prohuman Grade 4 Unit 7 Worksheet 2: Learning Fairness from a Nonfiction Text
VOCABULARY:
- Fairness: I treat everyone the same. If someone has been left out, I bring them in.
- Segregation: The practice of separating people by race in businesses and public places such pools, libraries, and schools. Segregation was outlawed in the entire United States by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
- Ask students what fairness means.
- Give them the definition: We treat everyone the same. If someone has been left out, we bring them in.
- Ask students what segregation means.
- Give them the definition: The practice of separating people by race in businesses and public places such pools, libraries, and schools. Segregation was outlawed in the entire United States by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- Let’s learn about how segregation was outlawed because of the Civil Rights Movement. Play video: Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Montgomery Bus Boycott for Kids | Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King by Kids Academy (~5 min)
- Let’s learn about four black women who lived during the time of segregation and succeeded in achieving their dreams. Read the book Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly or
- Play the video: Read aloud of Hidden Figures by HarperKids (~10 min)
- Have students write the answers to the worksheet questions.
- Have students share their answers with a partner.
GRADE 4 UNIT 7 WORKSHEET 2: LEARNING FAIRNESS FROM A NONFICTION TEXT
Fairness: I treat everyone the same. If someone has been left out, I bring them in.
Segregation: The practice of separating people by race in businesses and public places such as pools, libraries, and schools. Segregation was outlawed in the entire United States by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
ACTIVITY:
- There were four people featured in this book: Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden. What was the talent they shared, and what were the jobs they did?
- How did these women contribute to our country?
- What was segregation, and why was it unfair?
- What is one way that you can show fairness?
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