Read the prologue through Chapter 7
Common Core Objectives
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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
Prologue and chapter 1
In the Prologue, the Mayor of New York, a Jewish man facing an upcoming re-election, delivers a speech in a Harlem neighborhood to a predominantly black audience that heckles him with ethnic slurs. Despite listing his accomplishments for Harlem and the Black community, the crowd remains unruly. In his inner...
