Knowledge/Skill Building
🧭 Bias Moves in Zinn and Textbook
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Content Expertise
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.6
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.10
Submission Required
Using a short textbook excerpt and a counter-narrative passage from Howard Zinn on resistance in early America, students annotate for claim, tone, loaded language, omissions, and whose voices are centered. The teacher models a sourcing routine and students complete a comparison chart that names how perspective changes understanding.
Plan day
Day 8
Duration
50 min
Grouping
Pair
Steps
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