Suggested lesson plan to be used with the P.O.V. documentary "Every Mother's Son" but may be adapted for use without. Students describe examples of police brutality and explore the larger systemic problems related to policing. They also develop a report on the mission and practices of their local police and offer recommendations for how local police can be more effective in the community.

Concepts

law enforcement, police

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Additional Tags

community awareness, community engagement, excessive force, lesson plans, police brutality, policing, pbs

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 1 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)