The Walls that Divide: A Complete Thematic Unit (including Donald Trump Speech)
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Grade Levels
10th - 12th
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRL.11-12.1
CCSSRL.11-12.2
CCSSRL.11-12.4
CCSSRL.11-12.5
CCSSRL.11-12.6
Formats Included
- Word Document File
Pages
10+
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Description
This English Language Arts complete thematic teaching unit (with extra materials adapted for the History classroom) is intended to give students the opportunity to examine the timeless controversy of open versus closed borders. From Robert Frost’s insightful poem regarding fences between neighbors to Donald Trump’s 2019 speech addressing “the wall,” students will embark upon textual discovery, whereby they reach their own conclusions concerning whether or not “good fences [and walls] make good neighbors.”
Includes close reading activities for the following texts:
- Poem - Robert Frost's "Mending Wall"
- Opinion Article - “The Ancient Myth of ‘Good Fences’” - Ingrid Rossellini
- Speech - Trump's Oval Office Address 2019
- Opinion Editorial - “...Open Borders Troubling” - Jason D. Hill
Additional Sources:
History - Berlin Wall & Great Wall of China
Total Pages
10+
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
1 Week
Last updated Jan 29th, 2019
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Standards
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CCSSRL.11-12.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
CCSSRL.11-12.2
Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSSRL.11-12.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.
CCSSRL.11-12.5
Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
CCSSRL.11-12.6
Analyze a case in which grasping point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement).
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