Classroom Resource

Identifying Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives - Dogs That Changed the World

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

8

Overview

Students identify social, cultural, and historical perspectives regarding the importance of dogs in the past and present. They write and illustrate list poems that incorporate each perspective.

Students watch two segments about dogs to identify social, cultural, and historical perspectives regarding their importance in the world in the past and in the present. After noting examples of each point of view, students write and illustrate list poems that incorporate each perspective.

This resource provides instruction and practice comparing historical and cultural perspectives.

Content Standards

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 8

ELA21.8.5
Compare and contrast the perspectives in a variety of fiction, nonfiction, informational, digital, and multimodal texts produced from diverse historical, cultural, and global viewpoints.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Fiction texts
Nonfiction texts
Perspectives
Informational texts
Digital texts
Multimodal texts
Historical viewpoints
Cultural viewpoints
Global viewpoints

Knowledge

Students know:

Strategies to identify the perspective of fiction, nonfiction, informational, digital, and multimodal texts.
Strategies to identify the historical, cultural, and global viewpoints of a variety of texts.
Methods to compare and contrast texts.

Skills

Students are able to:

Compare and contrast perspectives in fiction, nonfiction, informational, digital, and multimodal texts.
Compare and contrast diverse historical, cultural, and global viewpoints demonstrated in a variety of texts.

Understanding

Students understand that:

The texts they read will have a variety of historical, cultural, and global viewpoints, which offer a multitude of perspectives on different topics.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/vtl07.la.rv.text.lpdogpersp/identify…

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

PBS

Accessibility

License

License Type

CUSTOM

Custom License Type (URL)

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Comments or Notes

Additional handouts and materials are hyperlinked within the lesson plan. This lesson may take one to two class periods.

Approved Date

2022-09-08

Curated by

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