The general background of this unit is here. Below are the day-to-day activities.
Essential question: How does where you are and who you are affect how you see the world?
Core Texts:
12 Angry Men (make sure to have all of the same copies)
Objectives:
-Students will learn about different types of bias.
-Students will identify types of bias present in 12 Angry Men.
-Students will identify techniques the author used to convey messages (themes)
about bias and attempt 1 analysis paragraph.
-Students will find a product which helps them answer this question: To what
extent (great extent, somewhat, no extent) are the societal issues presented in
12 Angry Men still present today?
Unit Time:
~10 class periods (84 minute periods)
Materials:
-class set of 12 Angry Men
-Youtube
Assessments (see links below):
-Analysis Paragraph
-Choice Essay
-Bias matching quiz
-Vocabulary quiz
Daily Lessons
*Daily lessons are around 60 minutes long since I usually start the lesson with some sort of grammar or warm-up/lesson not included here. Also, this is one of my early units, so I am still spending part of the class going over expectations, routines, etc.
Day 1
Objectives:
-Introduce students to types of bias.
-Students will be able to identify at least three different types of bias in 12 Angry
Men.
Introduce 12 Angry Men (5 minutes)
-Introduce book and title and essential question: “Today we will start our study
of bias and the role it plays in our lives by reading the text 12 Angry Men. This is a
very short play, featuring a jury of men who need to determine the guilt or
innocence of someone on trial. This is a play of their deliberations. I wanted to
start off with a short, powerful text so that we can start practicing our analysis
skills.”
-Ask students: "What do you know about jury duty?" (BRIEF BRIEF BRIEF)