“Don’t judge a book by its cover”
Class 1-208
Mrs. Taylor
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INTRODUCTION |
Being a person of good character is our responsibility whether we’re in school or at home? Why? Well let’s remember the story that we read, The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson, how Chloe and Annie felt when they couldn’t go on each other’s side because of segregation. Also, remember Chloe and her friends in Each Kindness, also by the same author, how they made Maya feel at her new school because she dressed in big and ragged clothes, and how Angelina and Rigoberto felt in The Day You Begin because they looked and spoke differently. The characters in these stories were prejudging people by the way they look, the food they eat, and how they speak. A person of good character would make someone feel welcomed and to know that a person “should not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” We learned this from the actions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman. We also learned it from the actions of the characters at the end of each of these stories. Let’s watch these videos to help us to learn more.
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TASK |
You will be journalists, designers and lawmakers to come up with new policies that are right and fair to show responsibility in these circumstances of being a person of good character. You will be divided in three (3) groups. Each group will collaborate with their team using the Public Policy Analyst Steps (PPA) to determine the best solutions to the problem in the story that your group is assigned. At the end, you will choose one of the final products to complete.
FINAL PRODUCT (CHOOSE ONE) Lawmakers ● As lawmakers, you will write a letter to the main character explaining the three new policies that you and your team came up with using the PPA steps.
Designers ● As designers, you and your team will design a poster using information from the PPA steps that your team did to show what a person of good character should display. BE CREATIVE!!
Journalists · As journalists, you will interview the main character in your story. Use the information from your PPA steps to develop questions to ask the character about his/her actions in the story and provide a conclusion (a lesson learned) from the questioning to show what a person of good character should do. |
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PROCESS |
1. First, listen to the story your group is assigned. Group
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2. Next, complete the PPA worksheet. 1. https://bit.ly/worksheet1-208
3. Then, evaluate existing policy and complete the PPA worksheet2. (use the available resources to help with the evaluation)
1. https://bit.ly/worksheet2-208 2. Resource for existing policy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fZhnAr00JQ
4. Last, choose one (1) final project from the task to complete as lawmakers, designers or journalists. |
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Additional resources |
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EVALUATION |
You will be graded on group work, supporting evidence and your thinking using the rubric below.
Lawmakers Rubric
Designers Rubric
Journalists Rubric
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CONCLUSION |
In this unit you will learn the rights and responsibilities of being a person of good character. You will learn about policies in place that address these issues and learn to put your own policy in place using the PPA Steps. Extend your thinking by reflecting on what the root problem could be that would cause the characters to behave in such a manner in the first place. |
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STANDARDS |
ELA: 1SL1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse peers and adults in small and large groups and during play.
1SL2: Develop and answer questions about key details in diverse texts and formats.
1SL5: Create and utilize existing visual displays to support descriptions to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
1SL6: Express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly, using complete sentences when appropriate to task, situation, and audience.
1L6: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships.
1R1: Develop and answer questions about key ideas and details in a text.
Social Studies: Show respect in issues involving difference and conflict; participate in the resolution of differences and conflict.
Identify situations in which social actions are required. |
