Lesson Plan
Learning About Angela Davis
This lesson plan teaches students about Angela Davis. Students will have a brief introduction to her life as an activist, scholar, and writer by reading a short informational text and answering comprehension questions.
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Use this reading and writing lesson plan to give your first and second graders an introduction to Angela Davis and her life as an activist, scholar, and writer. Students will begin learning about Angela Davis by reading a short biographical text as a class, building vocabulary by clarifying and defining important terms along the way. Then children will work in partnerships to reflect on reading comprehension questions about what they found interesting about Angela Davis and the importance of education.
Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
- Students will be able to participate in collaborative conversations.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Gather the students together in a circle.
- Display the poster A-Z African American Visionaries.
- Read through the poster and explain to students that each person highlighted on the poster is a black American who has made an important impact on American history. Explain to the students that the people featured on the poster are authors, activists, artists, and revolutionaries.
- Explain to the students that one important person that isn't featured on the poster is a woman named Angela Davis.
- Elaborate that Angela Davis is a very well known author, activist, and scholar, and they will learn about her today.