Sixth Grade Social Justice Event

Diversity in Sports. Gender Based Violence. Animal testing by cosmetic companies. These are just three of the subject areas sixth grade students are passionate about. Students researched and wrote about a social justice issue to prepare for a Social Justice Event happening Wednesday, May 10, on the fourth floor.

According to Chip Wood in his book Yardsticks, this age group has a great sense of justice. They are incredibly moved and eloquent about the injustice of the world around them. Writing about it, rapping about it, and creating around it gives these students a voice for their feelings and emotions. 

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Throughout the year students have read and created around subject matter that includes racism, identity and belonging. They use a graphic organizer called the Universe of Obligation to understand what is their responsibility as humans in the world. 

What will you see and hear if you attend this event? You’ll see inspired students who want you to know they have something to say about the injustices they see and read about. They will show this in their table displays which will include excerpts from the essay, their poetry and raps and the Typographic artifact they created. You’ll hear their emphatic and passionate voices encouraging you to take part in their cause. Then they will challenge you to do something. Each student has prepared an exit ticket if you will. A call to “do” something–write your legislators, join a cause, donate funds. 

As sixth grader Eleanor Richards wrote:“Remember, even doing the tiniest thing is better than doing nothing at all.”

Join us:

Wednesday, May 10, 2023, fourth floor

Pizza Potluck 6:15-7

Poster session 7-7:45