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Antiracism Lesson - Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

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This PDF contains a lesson plan utilizing the picture book Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney.

Grade Levels: Grade 4 to Grade 7 

Synopsis: Four young men take a stand against segregation by sitting down at a 

“whites-only” lunch counter at a Woolworth’s department store in the United States. They light a spark for civil rights and are soon joined by many other people of all races in their protest against racism and segregation, not only at the Woolworth’s lunch counter but on buses and communities throughout the south. 

Reference:

BCTF. "Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down". https://bctf.ca/socialjustice.aspx?id=21346. June 11, 2020

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