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Are Prisons Obsolete?
Kind of Activity:
Technology
Objective:
Students will connect the plot of the story to contemporary conversations about prison.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7
Structure:
Before the activity, have students read an article on prison abolition. Gilmore’s “Is Prison Necessary?” (https://longform.org/posts/is-prison-necessary-ruth-wilson-gilmore-might-change-your-mind) is a good option. The introduction to Angela Davis’s Are Prison’s Obsolete is another. Assign half the class one article and the other half a different article. To begin the activity, students find someone who read the article they didn’t and they summarize their...
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