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Lorraine Hansberry was the first African American playwright to achieve critical and popular success on Broadway. She became famous for her first completed play, A Raisin in the Sun (1959), a drama about the attempt of a black family to escape from the 1950s Chicago ghetto. This play provides a study of the search for identity by African American men and women, both within the family and within a racially prejudiced American society.A Raisin in the Sun Before the Civil Rights movement and legal desegregation, neighborhoods like Chicagos Southside were segregated by laws like Racial Restrictive Covenants. Although such laws no longer exist, do our neighborhoods now reflect the diversity of our states and our nation?Civil Rights movement segregated Adapter from Adler, Thomas P. "Hansberry, Lorraine." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2013. Web. 18 July 2013. 1111 2222 3333 6666 5555 4444 Next Image Courtesy of Library of Congress

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Read and view the resources below in order to build background knowledge about the historical, cultural and biographical context for A Raisin in the Sun. 1111 2222 3333 6666 5555 4444 Next Segregation CityHansberrys VictoryRacial Restrictive Covenants Map Hansberry v LeeLorraine Hansberry Cornell Notes Organizer

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Take a look at middle schools in Baltimore County by geographic area. Review your notes about 1950s Chicago from Slide 2. Complete the worksheet in order to organize ideas for the assessment activity on Slide 4.worksheet 1111 2222 3333 6666 5555 4444 Next Image Source: Baltimore County Public Schools School NameArea Hereford MiddleHereford Zone Dumbarton MiddleCentral Deer Park MiddleNorth West Perry Hall MiddleNorth East Southwest AcademySouth West General John StrickerSouth East

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Create an infographic synthesizing the information you learned by comparing Lorraine Hansberrys Chicago in the 1950s and Baltimore County today. Use your handout from Slide 3 to help organize your product.infographic 1111 2222 3333 6666 5555 4444 Next Image Source: Urban Enclaves CLICK TO ENLARGEUrban Enclaves After you create your infographic, share with a small group. Discuss your findings. Questions to think about:infographic How does 1950s Chicago compare to todays Baltimore? Why do you think racial segregation still exists? What effect does this have on Baltimore County, Maryland, The United States? Do you think this will change any time soon? What would need to happen in order to make neighborhoods reflective of the states diversity?

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Extend your knowledge. How has race and diversity expanded through the United States? How did fair housing work in Lorraine Hansberrys Chicago? What about now? Mapping the 2010 US Census 2010 Census Interactive Map Chicago Black Renaissance Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 1111 2222 3333 6666 5555 4444 Next Image Source: Housing Segregation: The Great Migration and Beyond Interactive

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Grade 7 English Language Arts, Unit 2 Common Core State Standards Reading: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Writing: 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. Standards for the 21 st Century Learner Standards for the 21 st Century Learner 1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g. textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning. 2.1.3 Use strategies to draw conclusions from information and apply knowledge to curricular areas, real-world situations, and further investigations. Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students 3.0: Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration. Time Frame: Two 40 minute class periods Differentiation: Direct students to use comprehension tools included in databases, such as: audio read-aloud, labeled reading levels, and embedded dictionaries. Learning Styles: Visual, Auditory, Active, Reflective, Global, Analytical AVID Strategies: Cornell Notes Notes to the teacher: If using Piktochart Infographic creator, students must create account prior to use. Alternatively, students could use Microsoft Publisher, Word, PowerPoint, or paper/collage to create an InfographicPiktochart Last updated: July 2015 Created by Alexis Mazur, Library Media Specialist BCPS Slam Dunk Research Model, Copyright 2012, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD, all rights reserved. The models may be used for educational, non-profit school use only. All other uses, transmissions, and duplications are prohibited unless permission is granted expressly. This lesson is based on Jamie McKenzies Slam Dunk Lesson module.Alexis MazurJamie McKenzies Slam Dunk Lesson module 1111 2222 3333 6666 5555 4444