Separate
Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation
Author:
Duncan Tonatiuh
Copyright
2014
2015 Pura
Belpre Illustrator Honor Book
Informational - Moving - Educational - Groundbreaking
Interest
Level: Grades K – 3
Reading
Level
Grade Level
Equivalent: 5.1
Lexile
Measure: AD870L
Genre:
Informational
Delivery:
Whole Group Read-Aloud
Nearly 10
years prior to the court case “Brown vs. Board of Education,” Sylvia Mendez and
her parents made a move to end the segregation of schools in California. When
Sylvia and her brothers, who were American citizens with Mexican and Puerto
Rican backgrounds, were denied enrollment into a “traditionally white” school,
their parents argued back by organizing the local and later national Hispanic
community and filing a lawsuit in federal court which would in time, bring an
end to the segregation of schools in California.
Electronic
Resources:
Online
reading of Separate Is Never Equal:
Book
Trailer:
Video of the
living Sylvia Mendez:
Voices of
History: Sylvia Mendez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIMWdfSxoh8
For pre-reading Activity:
Online Discussion Board
https://padlet.com
For pre-reading Activity:
Online Discussion Board
https://padlet.com
Vocabulary:
1.
Segregation:
the act of separating people on the bias of socioeconomic status, race,
ethnicity or other.
2.
Petition: a
formal, written document requesting a right or benefit.
3.
Ethnicity: a
group of people who have a common cultural or nation tradition.
4.
Integrate:
the act of opening to all members of a race, ethnicities and other groups.
5.
Citizen: a
person who owes allegiance to the government and is entitled to full civic
rights and privileges of such country.
6.
Degrading:
causing a loss of self-respect.
ELA
Teaching Suggestions
Comprehension
-Show
students the cover of the book that you are going to be reading.
-Read aloud
the title, then ask students what they think the book is going to be about.
-Have students use their iPads/Smart devices to predict what the story is going to be about.
-Create a FREE Padlet. (Separate Is Never Equal.)
-Show students how to access the site and how they may simply type in what they would like to contribute to discussion and it will pop up on the board.
-Have students use their iPads/Smart devices to predict what the story is going to be about.
-Create a FREE Padlet. (Separate Is Never Equal.)
-Show students how to access the site and how they may simply type in what they would like to contribute to discussion and it will pop up on the board.
-Expect
answers about the African American Civil Right Struggle.
-Then, give
students a brief introduction to what the book is about. (Not about African
Americans but in fact, Mexican civil rights in California.)
During:
-Pause when
coming to an unfamiliar word.
-Encourage
students to silently raise their hands when you come to word or phrase that
they do not know and, as a whole group, go over the meaning of the word.
-Have
students record word in their reading journals in their own “New Vocabulary”
section.
-Before
going over definition of word have students construct their own knowledge.
Ex.
Word:
Ethnicity
-Teacher
will ask students questions of the word before giving definition.
-What do you
think the word means? Have you ever heard your parents use the word? After
providing a “child friendly” definition, give examples of Ethnicity. (Have
students record the examples in journal.)
After
Reading
-Show students
the electronic resource: Youtube Video: Voices of History: Sylvia Mendez and
put a voice and living face to the girl in the illustrated book.
-Use book as
a pathway into a brief lesson on Civil Rights or What It Means to be a Citizen.
Writing Activity:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.A
Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose.
-Have students imagine that they are living in the same neighborhood as Sylvia and her family.
-They support the fight for desegregation of the schools and are going to make a poster to help advertise that others should join this movement too.
Poster Guidelines
-Must have slogan that will capture audiences attention.
-Must have 2 facts about Sylvia and her family's fight.
-And 2 reasons why they believe that others should join the movement.
Writing Activity:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.A
Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer's purpose.
-Have students imagine that they are living in the same neighborhood as Sylvia and her family.
-They support the fight for desegregation of the schools and are going to make a poster to help advertise that others should join this movement too.
Poster Guidelines
-Must have slogan that will capture audiences attention.
-Must have 2 facts about Sylvia and her family's fight.
-And 2 reasons why they believe that others should join the movement.
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