Introduce unit 3 thematic focus: Power, Protest, and Change; Launch texts: "Historical Perspectives Civil War and Social Change" (p. 284 of TE myPerspectives) and "The Zigzag Road to Rights" (p. 278 of TE myPerspectives); Writing skills: use complex sentence structures to infuse sentence variety and edit for correct punctuation

Summarize texts for main idea and supporting details; make text to self/world connections to discuss and write about "what motivates people to struggle for change?"