Disagreements happen in a diverse democracy. It's what people do about these differences in a diverse society that the resource models. After listening to an eight-minute podcast about a woman who collaborated with people who have very different beliefs and reading a poem about dealing with differences, individuals craft their own stanza for the poem.

Concepts

poetry, poetry analysis, american democracy, democracy, differences, civic duty, citizenship

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Appropriate for remote and in-person use
• Analyze one stanza of Berry's poem to model how to replicate Berry's poetic choices

Classroom Considerations

• Lesson six of eight in the "What Makes Democracy Work?" of the 2020 Election series

Pros

• The resource models positive ways for dealing with and accepting diversity

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.2 RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.8 SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.2 SL.9-10.3 RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.10a RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.2 RI.11-12.8 RI.11-12.10a SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.2 SL.11-12.3