Essential Questions
- How do a person’s cultural values and sense of identity affect his or her obligation to the community?
- How does a person’s character influence other people’s behavior or the outcome of events?
- What might be some generational differences in how one expresses one’s sense of identity and culture?
- How do you express your identity and culture?
- How do the time and place in which a person lives influence his or her identity?
Quotation Marks
Complete the grammar practice sheet. Follow the directions as they are written.
B. Civil Rights Free-write (1st period begins here.)
C. Photo Analysis
D. Class discussion of photos.
Photo 1:
1. What do the facial expressions of the white people suggest?
2. Why are only women in the foreground?
3. What does the African American girl’s body language say?
Photo 2:
1. Describe exactly what you see in the photograph.
2. Summarize what you know about the time and place this photo was taken.
3. Make inferences about what appears to be happening.
E. Discuss of what appears to be missing from the photograph.
F. Read "In Plato's Cave" as a class. As we are reading, you will complete a main idea paragraph analysis.
G. Closing: Complete the study guide for "In Plato's Cave."