Esperanza Rising - Supplemental Resources
Lesson 1 - Background knowledge
Mexico: Government and Revolution Links
Mexico: Neighbor to the North Links
Mexico: Rich versus Poor
Mexico: Government and Revolution Links
- General links via Library of Congress
- Portrait of Porfirio Díaz
- Images of Mexico during the Carranza revolution against Huerta’s government (LOT 9563-16)
- El Presidente Álvaro Obregón
- “Rebel Soldiers, Chihuahua, Mexico,” 1910–1920s
- Diego Rivera, The Uprising (El levantamiento, 1931)—mural depicting historical class struggles in Mexico
Mexico: Neighbor to the North Links
- General images from Library of Congress
- U.S. Army soldiers and Mexican soldiers guarding the international border (International Street) at Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, during the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920)
- U.S. and Mexico state line (1915) Getty Research Library
Mexico: Rich versus Poor
- Picture of working family in Mexico, 1913 From the Robert Runyon Photograph Collection [image number 00048], courtesy of the Center for American History, the University of Texas at Austin
- Diego Rivera, Sugar Plantation (Plantacíon de cañas de azúcar, 1931)—mural depicting landowner and workers (1920s Mexico):
- Diego Rivera, The Exploiters (Los explotadores, 1926)—depicts unequal relationship between Mexican field workers and wealthy landowners:
Unit 3 Argument and Advocacy Online Resources
Debate topics - Online multimedia resources to learn more about your topic
UNDERWATER VS. OUTER SPACE EXPLORATION:
Help Save Our Oceans: A Groundbreaking Undersea Expedition with Fabien Costeau”
“Let’s Talk Space” (from Time for Kids)
Neil deGrasse Tyson—We Stopped Dreaming (Episode 1)
EXTREME SPORTS:
“Base Jumper On Extreme Sports Risks and Rewards” (Video clip from CBS This Morning)
“Sarah Burke’s Death: Extreme Sports Dangers” (January 1, 2012)
ZOOS:
Kids Stand Up for Animals in Captivity from PETAKids
“NC Zoo’s ‘adoption’ program benefits animals, zookeeper training (By Ryan Sullivan, Fox News, September 6, 2013) (0–1:19)
Smithsonian’s National Zoo: We Save Species”
“No Place Like Home” (By the Captive Animals’ Protection Agency, July 17, 2009) (3:00–5:00)
“Are there animal care problems at National Zoo?” (By Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News, December 10, 2013)
Zoo Tube: Home Sweet Habitat—Director of Education and Conversation is interviewed by a teen—talks about how they design a orangutan’s habitat
SHARKS:
“Sharks Too Close for Comfort?” Discovery Channel Shark Week
“What’s More Deadly Than Sharks?” (Video from OneWorldOneOcean.com, August 3, 2013)
“Sharks: Stewards of the Reef (sharkstewards.com)” (Video created by Shark Saver, found on YouTube)
PLASTIC BAGS:
“Bag the Ban Rally” (video clip created by Bag The Ban)
“The Bay Vs. The Bag” (PSA from Save the Bay April 13, 2009)
California: The Inconvenient Truth Behind Banning Plastic Bags
“California’s Bag Ban Hurting the Job Market” (video from Fox News interviewing American Progressive Bag Alliance Chairman Mark Daniels.) (0–1:38); (2:40–3:09).
PLASTIC BOTTLES:
“Good Stewards of the Environment.” (Video created by “Bottled Water Matters,” available on YouTube. Explains steps bottled water companies are taking to protect the environment.)
“Most Bottled Water is Tap”—(from CNN report, May 21, 2008)
“Bottled Water: Always There When You Need It” (Video created by Bottled Water Matters July 30, 2014)
MOUNT EVEREST:
Climbing New Heights
“The Time I … Climbed Mount Everest” (Disney Channel, November 5, 2010)
“Avalanche Kills At Least 12 People on Mount Everest”
UNDERWATER VS. OUTER SPACE EXPLORATION:
- Should people be more focused on underwater or outer space exploration?
Help Save Our Oceans: A Groundbreaking Undersea Expedition with Fabien Costeau”
“Let’s Talk Space” (from Time for Kids)
Neil deGrasse Tyson—We Stopped Dreaming (Episode 1)
EXTREME SPORTS:
- Are extreme sports worth the risk?
“Base Jumper On Extreme Sports Risks and Rewards” (Video clip from CBS This Morning)
“Sarah Burke’s Death: Extreme Sports Dangers” (January 1, 2012)
ZOOS:
- Should people support or boycott zoos?
Kids Stand Up for Animals in Captivity from PETAKids
“NC Zoo’s ‘adoption’ program benefits animals, zookeeper training (By Ryan Sullivan, Fox News, September 6, 2013) (0–1:19)
Smithsonian’s National Zoo: We Save Species”
“No Place Like Home” (By the Captive Animals’ Protection Agency, July 17, 2009) (3:00–5:00)
“Are there animal care problems at National Zoo?” (By Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News, December 10, 2013)
Zoo Tube: Home Sweet Habitat—Director of Education and Conversation is interviewed by a teen—talks about how they design a orangutan’s habitat
SHARKS:
- Should people be more focused on protecting humans from sharks or protecting sharks from humans?
“Sharks Too Close for Comfort?” Discovery Channel Shark Week
“What’s More Deadly Than Sharks?” (Video from OneWorldOneOcean.com, August 3, 2013)
“Sharks: Stewards of the Reef (sharkstewards.com)” (Video created by Shark Saver, found on YouTube)
PLASTIC BAGS:
- Should plastic bags be banned?
“Bag the Ban Rally” (video clip created by Bag The Ban)
“The Bay Vs. The Bag” (PSA from Save the Bay April 13, 2009)
California: The Inconvenient Truth Behind Banning Plastic Bags
“California’s Bag Ban Hurting the Job Market” (video from Fox News interviewing American Progressive Bag Alliance Chairman Mark Daniels.) (0–1:38); (2:40–3:09).
PLASTIC BOTTLES:
- Should plastic water bottles be banned?
“Good Stewards of the Environment.” (Video created by “Bottled Water Matters,” available on YouTube. Explains steps bottled water companies are taking to protect the environment.)
“Most Bottled Water is Tap”—(from CNN report, May 21, 2008)
“Bottled Water: Always There When You Need It” (Video created by Bottled Water Matters July 30, 2014)
MOUNT EVEREST:
- Should people be climbing Mount Everest?
Climbing New Heights
“The Time I … Climbed Mount Everest” (Disney Channel, November 5, 2010)
“Avalanche Kills At Least 12 People on Mount Everest”
Close Reading -January focus
We have been working on using close reading strategies to understand text well and answer questions completely. Watch the videos below to learn how to read carefully and use text evidence to answer comprehension questions.
What's For Lunch?
This article describes the commisary at the National Zoo and explains the complex work that is required to prepare food for all of the animals.
Download the article here.
Watch a video about the National Zoo.
Focus Question 1: How is running the kitchen a "huge task?" -- Video
Focus Question 2: How and why do zookeepers make animals work to find their food? Video
Focus Question 3: Why does the author include a description of what looks like "a restaurant kitchen" in the first paragraph? Video
Focus Question 4: What animals are challenging to feed and why? Video
Focus Question 5: How is feeding the animals at the zoo a complex activity? Video
What's For Lunch?
This article describes the commisary at the National Zoo and explains the complex work that is required to prepare food for all of the animals.
Download the article here.
Watch a video about the National Zoo.
Focus Question 1: How is running the kitchen a "huge task?" -- Video
Focus Question 2: How and why do zookeepers make animals work to find their food? Video
Focus Question 3: Why does the author include a description of what looks like "a restaurant kitchen" in the first paragraph? Video
Focus Question 4: What animals are challenging to feed and why? Video
Focus Question 5: How is feeding the animals at the zoo a complex activity? Video
Language Arts Resources
Quarter 2 : Focus on Nonfiction
RI 5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Essential Skills and Concepts:
Question Stems and Prompts:
Academic Vocabulary
RI 5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Essential Skills and Concepts:
- Understand the points the author is trying to make
- Decide what the author is saying that would help explain your belief
- Use phrases such as: according to the author, in the book the author says, on page six the author wrote, when explaining what the text says
- When inferring from the text, cite what the author said that lead you to that conclusion
- Cite specific examples and details to support inferences
Question Stems and Prompts:
- Have you decided what quote from the text you will use to support your conclusion?
- Don’t forget when you are quoting an author; you need to use the same words the author used.
- Why do you think that? Support your inference with a quote from the text.
- Show me where in the text the author said that.
- When you are talking with you partner, please use the frame, “On page ____ the author says…”
Academic Vocabulary
- Quote
- Explicitly
- Drawing inferences
- Accurately
- Conclude
- Support
- Evidence
- Inference
- Generalization