Lessons: Electoral Victories, Insurrection, an Inauguration, & Our Way Forward
Pre-Reading Glossary
-
Electoral politics
-
Insurrection
-
Propaganda
-
Galvanizing
-
Parrotted
-
Rhetoric
-
Neophyte
Essential Question
How can we make voting matter?
Comprehension Check
Question 1
Who were the candidates running in the senatorial runoff election? Who won?
Question 2
How did Chokwe Lumumba shape Mawuli’s beliefs around electoral politics?
Question 3
What does Stacey Abrams “New Georgia Project” and Black Voters Matter have in common? Do you think their work influenced the outcome of the presidential and senatorial elections? How?
Question 4
What do you think it means when the Warnock/Trump protestor refers to “taking America back”? Is this a phrase you’ve heard or seen before? How does it make you feel?
Question 5
How was the police response to the Warnock/Trump protestor similar to the police response during the capital insurrection?
Question 6
How do you imagine police would have responded to Black protestors who “went door-to-door hunting for members of Congress… busted windows and tried to kick in doors… spread feces on walls, urinated on the floor, and killed a Capitol officer by striking him in the head with a fire extinguisher….”?
Question 7
What do you believe are the next steps for Black people in this country to achieve true liberation?
Extension:
Cause and Effect Chart – https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cause-and-Effect-Template-251057
Find your “protest song”. A song that inspires you and encourages a fight for freedom