PS306Q NYC Academy for Discovery

How Can We Respectfully State Our Opinions?

B. Larsen

Blarsen@schools.nyc.gov

Introduction: Background

At our school, we have encountered some issues with students respectfully agreeing and disagreeing with one another. We have had class discussions about respectfully agreeing and disagreeing with one another.

You and your friend will be working together to solve the problem as to why everyone is not respectfully agreeing and disagreeing with one another in our school community.

With your friend, you will do the following:

Task:

1. At the end of this WebQuest you and your friend will find out how many teachers, students, and families have seen students not respectfully agreeing and disagreeing with one another in the school and how they feel about it.
2. You will conduct a google survey to find out if students, teachers and adults in our school building have witnessed instances of students not respectfully agreeing and disagreeing with one another and what they think should be done about it.
3. Create a Google presentation or video to (1) Inform others about the benefits of kindness and being respectful of one another opinions (2) Share why respect is important to our school community (3) Share your ideas on how we can make sure respect is everywhere and students are respectfully agreeing and disagreeing with one another.

Remember to use the information from the resources that you learned about during your research.

Process

Using the PPA Process, you will follow the six steps to solve the problem of the lack of respect between students in the school when stating their opinions. The six steps of the PPA Process are: define the problem, gather the evidence, identify the cause, evaluate the existing policy, develop a solution, select the best solution.

Day 1: Define the Problem

At our school, we have encountered some issues with students respectfully agreeing and disagreeing with one another. We have had class discussions about respectfully agreeing and disagreeing with one another. Why are students having these problems?  What is the cause of these problems?  Brainstorm with your partner some reasons as to why students are encountering these problems. With your partner, discuss times where you have seen students not respectfully agreeing and disagreeing with one another. Make a list with your partner, then you will write three to four sentences about why you think students aren’t respectfully agreeing and disagreeing with one another.

Day 2 Gather the Evidence

With your partner, read and discuss the benefits of respectfully agreeing and disagreeing with one another. Write three reasons why respectfully agreeing and disagreeing is important and how it might help students to be more respectful of each other's opinions.

Use the resources below to help you learn more about how you can be respectful with agreeing and disagreeing with one another.

5 Ways to Respectfully Disagree - Talking Through Sensitive Issues On My Blog

5 Ways to Respectfully Disagree - How to Disagree politely

How to Disagree Respectfully

Students Disagree Productively

Day 3: Gather the Evidence

Watch how to make a google survey: How to Make a Google Survey

Step 1: With your partner, you will create a google survey that we will send out to the school about how students can be respectful when answering questions.

Step 2:  Create the 1st question: “Have you felt that you aren’t respected when answering a question?  Answer Yes or No. 

Step 3: Create a 2nd question: Who has not been respectful to you and your opinion, A classmate, a teacher, or another adult in the building?

Step 4: Create a 3rd Question: Why do you think people are not acting respectful in our school community?

Step 5: Create a 4th Question: What do you think can be done to help others be more respectful when agreeing and disagreeing?

If we can’t make a google survey, we can make our own paper survey and gather the data from each of our classes. 

Day 4: Analyze the Data

Let’s analyze the data! What have we found out!

Write down 4 to 5 sentences about what you have learned from the data we gathered.

Day 4: Identify the Causes

Based on the data we’ve collected, why do you think others aren’t being respectful when agreeing and disagreeing in the school building?

Day 4: Evaluate the Existing Policy

Now that we know more about students not respectfully agreeing and disagreeing in our school community and what is causing the it, let’s discuss the policies we have in place at our school to help our school community with respecting each other’s opinions:

PS306 PACK (positive, accountable, collaborative, kind)

Ms.Brosius- Guidance

Miss Larsen’s respecting each others opinions lessons

Day 5: Develop A Solution

Create a Google presentation or video to (1) Inform others about the benefits of respect and how to help other respectfully agree and disagree with one another (2) Share why respect is important to our school community (3) Share your ideas on how we can make sure respect is everywhere and students are respectfully agreeing and disagreeing with one another in our school.  Remember to use the information from the resources that you learned about during your research.

EVALUATION

Rubric

CONCLUSION

Miss Larsen thanks you for your effort in providing solutions to our problem. We will use your ideas to help our school community.

STANDARDS:

2SL5: Include digital media and/or visual displays in presentations to clarify or support ideas, thoughts, and feelings.