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One of the units of study in my 9th grade English textbook is titled "Finding Common Ground". This unit asks students to think critically about relationships between people and the relationship between the individual and society, including the forces, attitudes, and circumstances that pull people together and push them apart. At the end of the unit, and in addition to the short fiction and non-fiction texts students read from the textbook, students also read the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, during which they engage in difficult, but important discussions and writing about race, culture, prejudice, and the loss of innocence. Dear Martin by Nic Stone is a contemporary novel that will help students place these conversations and conduct their thinking in the context of today and will help them broaden their understanding of the unit's themes, and hopefully of society. It is important that students have the opportunity to read contemporary literature in conjunction with classic literature to help students create deeper meaning while expounding upon universal and timeless themes. During this unit, students will also use the texts and additional research to write an argumentative essay to address one more more of the unit's essential questions: 1) Do you think individuals can live together as “one human race”? 2) What is the individual's role or responsibility in creating a just, equitable society?

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One of the units of study in my 9th grade English textbook is titled "Finding Common Ground". This unit asks students to think critically about relationships between people and the relationship between the individual and society, including the forces, attitudes, and circumstances that pull people together and push them apart. At the end of the unit, and in addition to the short fiction and non-fiction texts students read from the textbook, students also read the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, during which they engage in difficult, but important discussions and writing about race, culture, prejudice, and the loss of innocence. Dear Martin by Nic Stone is a contemporary novel that will help students place these conversations and conduct their thinking in the context of today and will help them broaden their understanding of the unit's themes, and hopefully of society. It is important that students have the opportunity to read contemporary literature in conjunction with classic literature to help students create deeper meaning while expounding upon universal and timeless themes. During this unit, students will also use the texts and additional research to write an argumentative essay to address one more more of the unit's essential questions: 1) Do you think individuals can live together as “one human race”? 2) What is the individual's role or responsibility in creating a just, equitable society?

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