Black Lives Matter

Famous Things

High Int
Grades 6–12

In this lesson, students read about the Black Lives Matter movement and the events that gave rise to it. Students learn new vocabulary, answer comprehension questions, and discuss racism.

Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
social justice
organizations & institutions
US
interpretive

Vocabulary

brutality
white supremacy
advocate
discrimination
fatally
acquit
outrage
hashtag
chapter
circulate
kneel
defunding
systemic racism
endure
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane