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Lesson 1 (from Part I (Pages 1 - 60))
Objective
The objective of this lesson is for students to analyze Hough's experience on Shaw Air Force Base following the torching of her car. Prior to the incident, Hough had been receiving notes that contained death threats and references to her being gay. Someone had also slashed all four of her tires in the weeks before the incident. The local police and the Air Force investigators all treated Hough as if she was a suspect herself in the incident from the beginning.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What were the circumstances surrounding the torching of Hough's car? What happened to Hough leading up to the incident? How do Hough's co-workers, roommates, the Air Force investigators, and the local police treat her after the incident and then during her own trial? How did the entire process, from the notes Hough received before the car was torched to the aftermath of...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.3, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.5, 11-12.5
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