Page 3 - Lesson Plan Outline Grade 7
Lesson Plan Outline for Teachers
Olivia Rorie, Born Leader
Essential Questions
After completing the lesson, students will be able to answer:
What is a born-leader? How do people participate in social change?
What can we learn from Olivia Rorie’s community organizing?
Background and Biography
1. Civil Rights Movement, Sit-ins, Freedom Rides, Voting Rights Bill (1965)
Craft unions, O’Connell Machine
Read “Olivia Rorie” by Bill Blando, www.bobpaley.com
Relevance to Current Issues
In Albany, New York such issues such as safe neighborhoods and schools, early education for young children, equal education for all students, unemployment, and affordable health care continue to be problems that community organizers still address.
Teaching Strategies
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Create scaffold reading with supports for decoding and vocabulary
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Provide alternate means of presenting information, such as written, oral, and visual.
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Use technology- computers, headphones, etc.
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Teach students learning strategies: note-taking, asking questions, making an outline, re-reading and highlighting key words or concepts
Vocabulary
Each listening/reading passage is accompanied with a pertinent list of vocabulary words or terms.