Beyond Aladdin Unit Plan
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Type
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Unit Plan
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Description
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From the lesson overview by the Arab American National Museum:
"This lesson plan is created for elementary classrooms to use cartoons and film to discuss stereotyping, or ultimately, to talk about how it feels to have people say things about you that are not true. Teachers are given detailed instructions on teaching students to identify details and implications of media images of “bad guys” and “good guys” while specifically examining Arab characters. Also provided is a robust list of activities to help students understand different aspects of the Arab American community through food, games, language and more."
This unit could be as short as 2 days (if you do not watch the entire Aladdin movie), at least as long as 6 days, or anywhere in between. The unit plan offers lots of modifications to best meet your students.
HTK note: the unit is written for K-5, so we have included standards for all 6 grades below.
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Language
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English
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Content Standards
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Social Studies K-5 – P4.2.2 Participate in projects to help or inform others (this pertains to part 3.)
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Social Studies K – C5.0.1 Describe situations in which they demonstrated self-discipline and individual responsibility.
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Social Studies 1 – G4.0.1 Use components of culture to describe diversity in family life.
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Social Studies 2 – G4.0.3 Use components of culture to describe diversity in the local community.
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Social Studies 3 – G4.0.2 Describe diverse groups that have migrated into a region of Michigan and reasons why they came (push/pull factors)
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Subject
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Relevant part of standard 3-G4.0.2: "describe diverse groups [of people] that have migrated into a region of Michigan."
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Social Studies 4 – C5.0.3 Describe ways in which people can work together to promote the values and principles of American democracy.
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ELA-LITERACY.RI.K-5.2: Determine the central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
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ELA-LITERACY.RI.K-5.9: Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes/topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
