Teacher: K. White School: Centreville Middle Grade(s): 5 Course Title: ELA Semester: 2nd

Unit Title:The Watsons Go to BirminghamTotal Length of Unit:15 days

Overview:Students will explore and learn about segregation in Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement.

Days/Week / Content
Standards / Essential Question(s) / Enduring Understanding / Resources or Readings / Real World Products or Assessments / CCRS Literacy and Writing Standards
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3 / RL.5.3, RL.5.2, W.5.7, W.5.9, L.5.3 / What is historical fiction?
Why is it important to know our family history?
How can I compare and contrast two settings in a novel?
How do major events like the affect our lives in profound ways?
Can a book have more than one theme? / Historical Fiction is an invented story that takes place in the historical past.
Our own personal history impacts who we are today, the past histories of characters in a novel are an important key to understanding the actions, thoughts, and feelings of the character in the present.
Graphic Organizers help us to organize information and to compare more than one character or story element.
Historical events and details impact the characters in works of Historical Fiction.
Themes of a book are often “universal”. / Activation & Motivation WS
Direct Teaching H.O.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
The British are Coming text
The Year was 1972 text
Brotherly Love: A Korean Folktale Retold
Real World Connections: Family Worksheet
Historical Effects of Racism Chart
Birmingham Church Bombing’s Impact on Byron Worksheet
Compare/Contrast Settings Chart 1
Compare/Contrast Settings Chart 2
Compare and Contrast the Settings: Birmingham and Flint Worksheet / Posters
writing pieces
weekly tests
exit slips
presentations
projects
oral questioning
Other Resources:
Making Meaning
Comprehension ToolKit
Interactive NB
Compass Learning
Word of the Day
Harcourt
Readworks.org
Engage New York