2nd Grade, Unit 12, Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson

Grade 2 | Knowledge 12: Fighting for a Cause

Lesson 5:
Jackie
Robinson:
Champion of
Equality

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Knowledge 12, Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson: Champion of Equality

I can explain what Mary McLeod Bethune did to help
African American girls.

I can explain how Jackie Robinson fought for civil rights
in sports.

What are our learning goals?

Knowledge 12, Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson: Champion of Equality

I can demonstrate an understanding of the word challenge.

I can write a free verse poem explaining my opinion about
Jackie Robinson’s achievements.

Vocabulary

Knowledge 12, Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson: Champion of Equality

challenge

gamble

hostility

intimidate

teammates

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Multiple Choice

What are civil rights?

• Civil rights are the rights of animals.

• Civil rights are the rights of businesses.

• Civil rights are meant to discriminate against people.

• Civil rights are the rights promised by a government to its citizens

Multiple Choice

What does discrimination mean?

• Equal treatment of all people.

• Fair judgment of people based on traits such as skin color.

• Random selection of different categories of people or things
• Unjust treatment of people or groups based on traits such as skin color.

Multiple Choice

Which woman was alive during the time President Abraham Lincoln was president and fought for both abolition and women's suffrage, or women's right to vote?

• Rosa Parks
• Harriet Tubman
• Amelia Earhart
• Susan B. Anthony

Multiple Choice

Which woman was married to a president, lived at the time of the Great Depression, and fought for human rights?

• Hillary Clinton
• Michelle Obama
• Jackie Kennedy
• Eleanor Roosevelt

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"Jackie Robinson:
Champion of Equality"

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Knowledge 12, Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson: Champion of Equality

Multiple Choice

What does the word courage mean?

• Bravery
• Wisdom
• Strength
• Fear

Knowledge 12, Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson: Champion of Equality

Knowledge 12, Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson: Champion of Equality

Knowledge 12, Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson: Champion of Equality

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Knowledge 12, Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson: Champion of Equality

Knowledge 12, Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson: Champion of Equality

Multiple Choice

What is the word that means responding to unfairness by refusing to take physical action?

• active
• aggressive
• violent
• nonviolence

Knowledge 12, Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson: Champion of Equality

Knowledge 12, Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson: Champion of Equality

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What word are we going to talk about?

challenge

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Horizontal Word Wall

challenge

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Writing a Free
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