1. + Paper Preparation Get out a sheet of paper. Today we are paper boxing. That means you need to fold your paper like a hamburger twice. Title your paper “What If”. Show me you are ready by holding the front corners of your desk.

2. + 二 What If? Writing I am going to ask some deep thinking questions. Your job will be to respond to them. You will have a limited time. Consider this rubric to evaluate yourself as you write: Full Credit: Four complete answers. A: Three complete answers. B: Two complete answers and one incomplete answer. C: One complete answer. D: Three or four incomplete answers. F: Only fragments of one or two answers.

3. + Choose from the following: plug them into this sentence template: If ________, my life would be different because ________. Write each sentence in a different box. I could only marry someone with the same color skin? I could only ride on a certain part of the school bus? only children of the same race could go to school together? the neighborhood I want to live in only lets a certain race live there? I have to take a harder test than someone of a different race? a restaurant won’t let me in because my race can’t eat there.

4. + Turn your “What If?” paper into the bin at the front table. First, separate the desks into quads. Second, stand next to the cabinets while I pass out today’s papers. Each paper will have the group members’ names on it. Find your group and see which box your name is in. You will be responsible for leaders, events, laws & the courts, or groups.

5. + Sorting Civil Rights Only the person whose name is in the box may write things down. Together, write all the people, places and things from the center box into the boxes you think they belong in. You have five minutes to complete this. It does not need to be perfect; we will share answers later.

6. + 三 Reading and Quickthinks Come pick up a reading worksheet. Take turns reading one paragraph at a time. Sections: Isn’t That Discrimination? We Shall Overcome The People Who Changed Things Change Starts with Forcing People to Pay Attention Change in the White House Change in the Laws Change in the Courts Did Anyone Oppose the Civil Rights Movement? At the end of each section, everyone must share a quickthink. Write one of those quickthinks and continue reading. When you are finished, come see me.

7. + 四 What’s The Message? Marches, protests, sit-ins and boycotts all have one thing in common: signs! Match the problem/solution cards with the correct protest sign. When your group is finished, call me over.

8. + 五 Re-Sorting Civil Rights Let’s share our answers and make changes as necessary.

9. + 六 Vocabulary and Name That Protest Use your reading paper and your group as resources to complete the worksheet I am passing out now.