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The objectives of this unit:
The objectives of this unit:
Students will be spending time researching issues and reformers of the 19th century and then using that to plan their own journalism mini-project around civic action.
C3 Framework Standards for Civic Education
Dimension 4: Taking Informed Action
Grades 6-8 D4.6.6-8. Draw on multiple disciplinary lenses to analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at local, regional, and global levels over time, identifying its characteristics and causes, and the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.
D4.7.6-8. Assess their individual and collective capacities to take action to address local, regional, and global problems, taking into account a range of possible levers of power, strategies, and potential outcomes
D4.8.6-8. Apply a range of deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions and take action in their classrooms and schools, and in out-of-school civic contexts
Overview of the unit in general:
Overview of the unit in general:
This video to the left is about the reform unit in an overview, a brief tutorial on where the resources are, and what generally we are doing.
Reform Introduction Final Video.mp4Introduction to the issues of the 19th century:
Introduction to the issues of the 19th century:
This video to the left is the "Reform Introduction" that gives you a brief overview of the different reformers.
How to use the template.mp4Template tutorial:
Template tutorial:
The video to the left talks about how to use the template!
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