P.S./ I.S. 127 Queens Classroom Community WebQuest
January NEWSLETTER
Violence in OUR Community!!!
A big big WebQuest thank you and
Shout Out!
To all fifth grade
classes:
Thanks for your input and opinions on our Google Slides,
Jamboard and Google Meetings on last month's topic: “Snow Days for N.Y.C.
Students”.
Violence within
Our Queens Community
Class
5-316
Mr.
Bonet
INTRODUCTION- CLICK Below to Read & Watch Community News
Article:
New York City Supports New York State in Fight Against Gun Violence. January
18, 2023
“Gun violence is sadly something we’ve all seen and
felt too often in New York City, and across our state,” said Mayor Adams. “The
Concealed Carry Improvement Act and the state’s nuisance statutes are both
critical to damming the rivers feeding the sea of gun violence and keeping us
all safe. Under our administration, we have already been able to stop the sale
and delivery of illegal ghost guns to our city from five online retailers, and
the New York City Police Department continues to take illegal guns off our
streets every day. We are proud to support Attorney General James and the state
in the fight against gun violence and in ensuring our streets are not riddled
with gun violence.”
TASK
Objectives:
Using the PPA Process, you will follow the six steps
to solving the problem. 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.
With your partner, you will create a Google SlideShow informing others about the benefits of talking
about violence in our community and why YOU are important to your neighborhood.
PROCESS & RESOURCES
Day
1 and Day 2: Gather the
Evidence
There are various types of violence that we hear on
the news daily: drone bees, queen bees, worker bees. Each student has a special
job in this assignment. With your partner, discuss the PPA and each type of
situation you know and research it. After you research and discuss with your
partner, you will write four to five sentences about why violence in our
neighborhood persists and what you can do to identify and avoid possible
situations in your life. What careers and professions are put in place to protect
today's youth?
Use the resources below to help you learn more:
NBC News
Background information of Possible Scenarios and
Tips
Safety Drills in our neighborhood
PPA Steps and Outline to begin
your own WebQuest responses.
Day 3: Gather the Evidence
With your partner, read and discuss what the
benefits of having youth programs are. Write three reasons why they are
important.
Use the resources below to help you learn more about
how community leaders help the places you live:
* Youth Programs
* Community Leaders
Gun violence NYC statistics 2022
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/
Day 4: Identify the Causes
Using the link below read and write about the video
posted below and where society views are going.
* Gun
violence in schools across U.S. strikes fear into parents
A disturbing video of a toddler brandishing a loaded
gun played out on live TV during a reality show following police on patrol.
Day 5: Evaluate the Existing Policy
Now that we know more about our community issues and
what is causing young people to become victims, use the link below to read more
about some policies that have been put in place.
Day 6: Develop A Solution
With your partner, you will create a Google SlideShow informing others about the benefits of talking
about violence in our community and why YOU are important to your neighborhood.
Remember to use the information from the resources that you learned about
during your research.
Evaluation
Conclusion
In this unit, we learned about why honey minority
youth are considered to be an endangered species. Let us reflect on what we
have learned through these questions:
* What
are some benefits of identifying various types of violence?
* What is
the job of each community leader?
* What
are some ways that we can save the youth?
Standards
KR1: Develop and answer questions about a text.
(RI&RL)
KR2: Retell stories or share key details from a
text. (RI&RL)
KR8: Identify specific information to support ideas
in a text. (RI&RL)
KR9: Make connections between self, text, and the
world. (RI&RL)
KW6: Develop questions and participate in shared
research and exploration to answer questions and to build and share knowledge.
KW7: Recall and represent relevant information from
experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question in
a variety of ways (e.g., drawing, oral expression, and/or emergent writing).
KSL1: Participate in collaborative conversations
with diverse peers and adults in small and large groups and during play.
KSL6: Express thoughts, feelings, and ideas.