Fighting Injustice: Uprising & Flesh and Blood So Cheap

Lesson 14
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ELA

Unit 2

7th Grade

Lesson 14 of 38

Objective


Identify different characters’ perspectives in Uprising and explain how the author develops and contrasts them.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix  pp. 166 – 188

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

How does Yetta’s perspective on the strike differ from Rahel’s? How does the author develop this difference in perspective? Provide at least two pieces of evidence to support your answer.

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Key Questions


Close Read Questions

  • How and why has participating in the strike changed Bella’s perspective of herself and her life? Provide specific evidence from the text to support your answer.

  • Reread pages 177-178. What do the men from the union think about the employers' offer? How is this different from how Yetta and the other strikers see this offer? How does Haddix develop this difference in perspective?

  • How do the wealthy people at Carnegie Hall respond to the idea that the girls are continuing to strike? What is their perspective on the strike, and how does Haddix develop their point of view? Provide specific evidence from page 180 to support your answer.

Discussion Questions

  • Share your opinion: Do you agree with the idea that “you can’t expect to change the world in a few short months” and that small gains should be celebrated? Do you agree more closely with Rahel’s feelings about the end of the strike or Yetta’s?

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Vocabulary


Text-based

fervent

adj.

showing passionate intensity

Homework


To ensure that students are prepared for the next lesson, have students complete the following reading for homework. Use guidance from the next lesson to identify any additional language or background support students may need while independently engaging with the text.

  • Book: Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin  pp. 98 – 103

  • Book: Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix  pp. 177 – 183 — (review)

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.7.6 — Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.

Supporting Standards

L.7.6
RL.7.1
RL.7.2
RL.7.3
RL.7.4
RL.7.10
SL.7.1
SL.7.6
W.7.1
W.7.1.a
W.7.1.b
W.7.4
W.7.9
W.7.9.a
W.7.10
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