The Pride March at 50 Lesson Plan: Time, Continuity, and Change

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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP news episode The Pride March at 50, and supports the standard of examining struggles for equality and factors that enabled or limited success. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.

Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Ask students:

• Where have you seen or heard about groups of people being treated unfairly?
• What are some ways that people have fought for equal rights?

Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE

• Read the description on the The Pride March at 50 topic page.
• Play the Movie, pausing to check for understanding. 
• Have students read one of the three Related Reading articles. Partner them with someone who read a different article to share what they learned with each other.
  

Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS 

Students take the Pride March at 50 Challenge and Quiz, applying essential literacy skills while demonstrating what they learned about this topic.

Step 4: EXTEND and DEEPEN

Students express what they learned about the Pride March while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student needs.

• Make-a-Movie: Produce a public service announcement that answers this question: How can you be an ally for the LGBTQ+ community?
• Make-a-Map: Create a timeline sequencing significant moments in the history of the LGBTQ+ rights movement. 
• Creative Coding: Code a museum exhibit in honor of an important figure in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. 

More to Explore 

Time Zone X: Civil Rights: Challenge students to put historical events in chronological order in this interactive timeline game.

Do I Have a Right: Players explore constitutional rights by running a constitutional law firm in this interactive game.

LGBTQ+ Inclusive Curriculum Support  and Blog Post: Explore strategies and guidance for promoting diversity and inclusion in the classroom.

Teacher Support Resources:

• Modifications for Learning Activities: Strategies to meet ELL and other instructional and student needs.
• Learning Activities Support: Resources for best practices using BrainPOP.