A Lesson Plan for Strikebreaking Substitute Teachers
February 17, 2014 by rethinkingschoolsblog
A Lesson Plan for Strikebreaking Substitute Teachers
By Russ Peterson
Editor’s Note: Portland, Oregon language arts teacher Russ Peterson sent this lesson plan to colleagues, who are preparing to strike beginning on February 20th. Given that part of the corporate reform agenda throughout the country is to attack conditions of teaching and learning for public school teachers, as well as to erode contract protections of all kinds, it seems that more and more teachers will be on strike “for the schools our students deserve.”
Russ Peterson teaches at Grant High School and has taught in Portland Public Schools for 13 years. Russ gave Rethinking Schools permission to share the lesson plan with teachers around the country.
— Bill Bigelow
Good morning, colleagues! In the spirit of collaboration that teachers engage in, I have attached a lesson I put together as part of the district request that a lesson plan be provided in the event of a strike. I thought it would be helpful given the circumstances, and would save you all the time and effort of putting one together yourselves.
Please feel free to share with your colleagues in other schools in the district, and with others in your department who I may not know.
- Russ
SUB NOTES
- Photocopy the attached poem, usually attributed to Jack London.
- Read the poem along with the class out loud.
- Have the class complete the TPSS-FASST graphic organizer