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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 20
   Actor Sidney Poitier was born in 1924.
   Students do a journal entry about barriers that have been broken,such as age, race, and gender, that might impede them in the future, and how they can break through those barriers.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 9
   In 1939, Marian Anderson was denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall.
   Students view Eleanor Roosevelt's resignation letter to the DAR in response to Andersen being denied permission to sing. Students write a letter to a newspaper editor about social injustice.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Review Redux: Introducing Literary Criticism Through Reception Moments
   Literature takes on a life of its own as students take a hands-on approach to exploring A Raisin in the Sun for cultural and historical context.