Lessons

Access this Google Doc as a starting point for using Wolff's bank heist story to get your students writing. There are two prompts included--narrative writing and/or literary analysis.

Use this Google Doc to teach Trethewey's poem about segregation and her family history with a tie-in of Ed Sheeran's song "Photograph." A short study guide with a creative writing prompt is provided.

Use this Google Doc to analyze Bradbuy's story about segregation and racisim in the space age. In a not so distant future, a community must choose between revenge or empathy. There are lots of journal prompts and theme/characterization analysis helpers.