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Lesson 1: Building Background Knowledge: Looking Closely at the South Side of Chicago
California CCSS: Focus Standards
California CCSS: Supporting Standards
ELD Standards
In this lesson
Today you will
Analyze historical photographs to describe what is happening, support ideas with visual evidence, and learn about daily life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1940s.
Use precise observation language and cause-thinking words such as because, so, and this suggests to explain how visual details support their ideas.
Essential Questions
How do our dreams shape who we are, and how do historical circumstances shape what becomes possible?
How can understanding the experiences of others help us think critically about fairness and opportunity?
Texts used in this lesson
Short-Form Text
Striking Black and White Photos Capture the Black Experience in 1940s South Side Chicago
Edwin Rosskam, Library of Congress
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