Justice & Advocacy — Grade 9
In this unit, students move from understanding injustice to demanding change. Building on the roots and routes of Grade 6, the identity work of Grade 7, and the resistance of Grade 8, 9th graders now ask the next question: What does it take to build a more just world? Through texts spanning courtrooms and classrooms, street protests and quiet conversations, students examine how individuals and communities become advocates — and what sustains them when the work is slow, painful, and never finished.
What does justice require of us — and what does advocacy cost?
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Lessons
What Justice Feels Like
The gap between justice promised and justice delivered
The Language of Change
How rhetoric, protest signs, and speeches become tools of justice
When Silence Becomes Complicity
The moral weight of choosing not to act
The Long Arc
Sustaining advocacy when change is slow
Writing Assignment
My Advocacy Manifesto
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Standards Alignment
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