Movements for Equality

Lesson 14
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ELA

Alternate Unit 5

1st Grade

Lesson 14 of 28

Objective


Explain why the Stonewall Inn is an important part of the LGBTQ+ movement.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution by Rob Sanders and illustrated by Jamey Christoph 

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

Why is the Stonewall Inn an important part of the LGBTQ+ movement?

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Key Questions


  • How did New York City’s Greenwich Village change? Give multiple examples.

  • How did Greenwich Village continue to change?

  • Who came to the Stonewall Inn? Why?

  • What does it mean that others were not as accepting? What did they believe?

  • What does it mean that people stood defiantly in the street? Why were they standing defiantly?

  • What does it mean that the anger grew into a smoldering resistance? Why did this happen?

  • What happened at the Stonewall Uprising? Why was it important?

  • What happened on June 28, 1970? Why was this important?

  • How are things different at the Stonewall Inn now?

Vocabulary


accepting

v.

to believe or understand that a different opinion or explanation is correct

defiant

adj.

willing to challenge, resist, or fight something

resistance

n.

the refusal to accept or follow something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument

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Common Core Standards


  • RI.1.3 — Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
  • RI.1.8 — Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

Supporting Standards

RI.1.1
RI.1.4
RI.1.10
SL.1.1

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Determine why Harvey Milk was an influential part of the LGBTQ right’s movement.

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