3/23-24 Thursday-Friday
Guiding Question:
Why was and is abolition important?
Collaborative: Students will work towards informing their community about their chosen form of modern slavery by beginning to work on a public service announcement (PSA), collecting at least three pieces of evidence, and answering at least two planning questions.
How can we make people more aware of modern slavery around the world?
Objectives:
Independent: Students will research abolition in our past and in our present, complete an evidence collection log, and write a CEREAL paragraph with a score of at least 3/4 according to the rubric.
Standards:
8.7.2 - Trace the origins and development of slavery; its effects on black Americans and on the region’s political, social, religious, economic, and cultural development; and identify the strategies that were tried to both overturn and preserve it (e.g., through the writings and historical documents on Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey).
CCRA.R.1 – Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
W.8.1 - Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
ELD B.6 - Read closely to determine how meaning is made W.8.1 - Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes:
- On your objective tracker, dissect the objectives you will be working to complete for today. Be prepared to explain the objectives in your own words if I call on you.
Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 10 minutes:
Recap expectations for research paper and PSA assignments.
Independent (Voice Level 0) 40 minutes:
Task 1: Complete your Evidence Collection Log and Body Paragraph #3 in Google Classroom.
Here are the sources for this log. Remember you need to include at least one piece of evidence from each of these sources!
- Source 2
If you have not completed Body Paragraph #1 or #2, you must do that before moving on to task #2 for today.
If you have not completed Body Paragraph #1 or #2, you must do that before moving on to task #2 for today.
Task 2: Watch CNN Student News
Early Finisher? Have you finished all three body paragraphs so far?, Watch this, and/or this video, play Free Rice, read an Achieve article, complete missing or late work, research slavery in the antebellum South.
At the end of this station, complete the "next steps" portion for that station's objective. If you met the objective, write "none" in that box.
Collaborative (Voice Level .5 - 1) 40 minutes:
Task 2: Select which PSA you and your group will be completing.
Task 3: PSA Work time. No matter which PSA you pick, you need to collect at least three pieces of evidence and answer at least two questions on the back.
Forced Labor Sources:
Domestic Servitude Sources:
Child Labor Sources:
- UNICEF (Click on "Read More" under Current Status to view the graphs/statistics)
Forced Marriage Sources:
At the end of this station, complete the "next steps" portion for that station's objective. If you met the objective, write "none" in that box.
Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes:
Complete Objective Tracker Packet
Action Plan: What do you and your group need to complete over the weekend to make sure you are putting the finishing touches on your PSA in class on Monday/Tuesday?
Action Plan: What do you and your group need to complete over the weekend to make sure you are putting the finishing touches on your PSA in class on Monday/Tuesday?
Homework:
You must have completed at least the first three paragraphs of your research paper by Monday/Tuesday.
