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 * Grade 11: English Huckleberry Finn**

1. Students will learn what racism and stereotyping is, the historical roots and modern examples of them. 2. Learn about the practice of Book Banning and how it can affect a society 3. Students will conduct independent & LMS supervised reasearch. 4. Students will be able to argue a persuasive point of view.
 * Objectives:**


 * Standards:**

__English:__ Standard 1: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for **information and understanding** Standard 2: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for **literary response and expression** Standard 3: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for **critical analysis and evaluation**

__21st Century Skills__ Standard 1: Inquire, think critically and gain knowledge Standard 2: Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations and create new knowledge Standard 3: Share knowledge and participate ethically as members of our democratic society.

__Social Studies:__ Standard 1: Hstory of United States and New York

Various historical posters of slaves for sale or rewards for runaway slaves. example: 1. discuss the definition of racism (Websters) and watch the CrossRoads video on Racism [] 2. view video of ETHNIC NOTIONS: [] 3. Have class list many stereotypes and discuss their origins. 4.Show Animoto examples and how to make a video.
 * Anticipatory Set:**
 * Teaching/Instuctional Process:**


 * Guided Practice: Raft Assignment**

Jim's ideas of freedom, the white man and superstitions and use quotes from the bool. || your opinion of blacks have changed through the course of the story. Use quotes from the book. ||
 * **Role** |||||| **Audience** || **Format** ||  |||||||||||||| **Topic** ||
 * Mark Twain ||  |||| Mark Twain's editor ||   |||| Letter |||||||||||||| Defend why he wrote Huck as a piece against slavery and racism. ||
 * |||||||||||||| What was going on in American history at this time? ||
 * 19 Century Citizen (1885) |||||| Town Library |||| Letter |||||||||||||| Demand that the Huck Finn book be removed from the shelves. ||
 * |||||| Defend your opinion. ||||||||  ||
 * librarian or teacher |||| NY Times Readers ||  |||| Op/ed Piece |||||||||||||| Defend Mark Twain's book and why is doesn't deserve to be the 4th ||
 * o ||  ||||   ||||   |||||| most banned book. Discuss racism. ||||||||   ||
 * Jim || Journal ||||  |||| Journal entries |||||||||||||| Tell your diary about slave life, slave masters and stereotypes. Include
 * librarian or teacher |||| NY Times Readers ||  |||| Op/ed Piece |||||||||||||| Defend Mark Twain's book and why is doesn't deserve to be the 4th ||
 * o ||  ||||   ||||   |||||| most banned book. Discuss racism. ||||||||   ||
 * Jim || Journal ||||  |||| Journal entries |||||||||||||| Tell your diary about slave life, slave masters and stereotypes. Include
 * Jim || Journal ||||  |||| Journal entries |||||||||||||| Tell your diary about slave life, slave masters and stereotypes. Include
 * Huck |||||| Journal, electronic |||| Journal entries |||||||||||||| Tell your diary about slaves, slave masters and stereotypes. Show how
 * Huck |||||| Journal, electronic |||| Journal entries |||||||||||||| Tell your diary about slaves, slave masters and stereotypes. Show how
 * Huck |||||| Journal, electronic |||| Journal entries |||||||||||||| Tell your diary about slaves, slave masters and stereotypes. Show how
 * Huck |||||| Journal, electronic |||| Journal entries |||||||||||||| Tell your diary about slaves, slave masters and stereotypes. Show how

Have each student present their project to the class. Review racism definitions with the class and go over the books examples. Have each child creat a large notecard on their definition of racism.
 * Closure:**

Have the class create an Animoto clip on racism with their definitions of the word.
 * Independent Practice:**