Say Something: Our Fight For Fairness

Grade Level: 2

Subjects: Social Studies and Language Arts

This unit, Say Something: Our Fight For Fairness, designed for second grade students, will analyze rules and laws for fairness and identify ways that they can address rules and situations that are unfair. Through this process, they will understand that each one of us has the power to make a change when things are unfair. Students will be guided to think about our nations history, including fair labor laws and school segregation laws, and those who have often been on the receiving end of unfair treatment based on their characteristics (race, class, ethnicity, language ability, etc.). The unit concludes with reflection and critical analysis of the students own immediate community. Students and their families will identify instances of injustice or unfairness in their community, and then students will take action towards change by working collaboratively with peers on an advocacy project. This integrated unit meets standards in Social Studies and Language Arts.