Woman at Point Zero Lesson Plan

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...