Students are not getting enough Sleep at night
Jerry Romero
P.S. 92 Queens
Introduction:
Research has shown that students in all grade levels are not getting enough sleep. This is a problem that negatively affects their school performance as well as leading to other physical, mental and emotional problems.
Today you will examine (using the Public Policy Analyst) the problem of students not sleeping enough at night and develop a policy to address it. Then it will be your job to convince our principal for your proposed policy so she can make recommendations to your parents.
Task:
Conduct research using the links provided below.
Record facts you may want to use in a persuasive letter in your writer’s notebook.
Draft a persuasive letter to our principal describing the benefits of your proposed policy.
Process:
We will be using the 6 steps of the Public Policy Analyst (PPA) to conduct our research.
4. Evaluate an Existing Policy
6. Select the Best Solution (Feasibility vs. Effectiveness)
Resources
Check out these online articles and videos to gather evidence describing our problem and possible solutions:
Problem: Students are not getting enough sleep on nights prior to school days.
Gathering Evidence: (You should be taking notes)
Reasons schools should start later
Identify the Causes: (Take notes)
Some causes students don’t sleep
Existing Public Policies
What does the CDC recommend for children’s sleeping hours
Develop Solutions:
Reasons why students might not be sleeping enough
Schools start later, students get more sleep and benefit
Polls agree that schools should start later so students can sleep more
The benefits are more sleep are clear
Write a letter to the principal that will convince them to choose and implement your preferred policy. Remember to include facts you gathered to show how your policy will lead to better health, social skills and performance in the classroom.
Evaluation
Your persuasive letter to our principal will be graded using this rubric:
Conclusion:
There is a need for students to get more sleep to help in various ways. Using the PPA steps, you will have analyzed the problem and proposed new solutions.
Standards:
W.3.1 Write an opinion piece on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
W.3.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge of a topic.
W.3.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print or digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.