Crimes Against Humanity Unit Overview

1. Crimes Against Humanity: World Genocide
Objectives
● I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly
● I can draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research
● I can determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text,
including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary
of the text
● I can initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (e.g., one-on-one, in
groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on
others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively
● I can integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually,
quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source
● I can gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced
searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question;
integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and
following a standard format for citations
● I can write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid
reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence
Concepts/Skills
● Annotation
● Analysis
● Discussion
● Perspective
● Author’s purpose
● Arguments
● Objective summary
● Research
Grades
District Common Assessment Formative
Pre-Unit Activities Formative
Holocaust Case Study Formative
Japanese Internment/Asian Am
Hate/Sinophobia Case Study
Formative
Rwandan/Sudanese Genocide Case Study Formative
Indigenous Genocide Case Study Formative
Black Lives Matter Study Formative
Argumentative Discussion Summative
Gateway Practice Essay Summative

2. Schedule
Module 5
Date Lesson Due Dates
Day 1 (2/8-2/9) Group Share Outs (from previous
unit), District Common
Assessment
District Common Assessment due
2/8 and 2/9 by the end of the class
period
Module 6 Discussion Post due on
February 14th at 11:59 p.m.
Day 2 (2/10-2/11) Intro to Crimes Against Humanity
unit; hard talk checklist activity;
discussion post
Module 6
Date Lesson Due Dates
Day 1 (2/16-2/17) Holocaust mini-lesson
Holocaust case study
Holocaust Case Study due on
February 21st at 11:59 p.m.
Day 2 (2/18-2/19) Holocaust case study and class
discussion
Flex Friday/Rotation Period (2/19) Gateway practice
Work on missing
assignments/conferences
Module 7
Date Lesson Due Dates
Day 1 (2/22-2/23) Free write, introducing
argumentative writing
AAPI Hate/Sinophobia/Orientalism
Case Study due on February 28th
at 11:59 p.m.
Day 2 (2/24-2/25) Group case study on AAPI
Hate/Sinophobia/Orientalism
Flex Friday/Rotation Period (2/26) Gateway Practice
Work on missing
assignments/conferences
Module 8
Date Lesson Due Dates
Day 1 (3/1-3/2) Argumentative writing mini lesson Rwandan/Sudanese Genocide
Case Study due on March 7th at
11:59 p.m.
Day 2 (3/3-3/4) Individual case study on
Sudanese or Rwandan Genocide
Flex Friday/Rotation Period
(3/5)
Gateway Practice
Work on missing
assignments/conferences
Module 9
Date Lesson Due Dates

3. Day 1 (3/8-3/9) Free write, Argumentative writing
mini lesson and practice
Indigenous Genocide Case Study
due on March 14th at 11:59 p.m.
First Five Free Writes due on
March 14th at 11:59 p.m
*Both grades will be averaged into
one*
Day 2 (3/10-3/11) Individual case study Indigneous
Genocide
Flex Friday/Rotation Period (3/12) Gateway Practice
Work on missing
assignments/conferences
Module 10
Date Lesson
Day 1 (3/15-3/16) Argumentative discussion practice
on Parlay
Black Lives Matter Case Study
due on March 21st 11:59 p.m.
Gateway Practice Essay due on
March 21st at 11:59 p.m.
(SUMMATIVE)
Day 2 (3/17-3/18) Individual case study on Black
Lives Matter
Flex Friday/Rotation Period (3/19) Gateway Practice
Work on missing
assignments/conferences
Module 11
Date Lesson
Day 1 (3/22-3/23) Argumentative discussion
planning for Parlay
GATEWAY EXAMS (A DAY)
Argumentative Discussion due at
the end of the second class of the
week (SUMMATIVE)
Day 2 (3/24-3/25) Argumentative discussions on
Parlay
Flex Friday/ Rotation Period (3/26) Work on missing
assignments/conferences