Appendix on Implementing District Standards
San Jose Unified School District uses the California Common Core State Standards. The CA CCSS standards that will be covered in this unit are:
CCSS RH 11-12 1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
CCSS RH 11-12 7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presenting in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
CCSS RH 11-12 9 Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among source.
Throughout this unit, students will be collecting and analyzing specific evidence from a variety of sources to gain a holistic understanding of the connections between racial segregation, environmental injustice, and social movements. At the end of this unit, students will put this evidence and their own evaluations together to discuss the Socratic seminar question: To what extent were environmental injustices faced by historically marginalized groups a significant factor in social and civil rights movements in the Americas? Additionally, students will look at and consider different perspectives and discrepancies amongst different sources as they will be expected to address the values and limitations of their evidence and conclusions throughout the entirety of the unit.
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