Classes

Policy Paper

Focus Area 1: City Planning / Zoning

• Housing construction:

  • Private/gated communities ("The Age of Walls…" from Gale)

  • Affordable housing ("Affordable Housing" from Gale)

  • Short term rentals ("Home Swapping and the Hospitality Industry: Overview" from EBSCO)

• Commercial building (portions of  "Commercial Zoning…" from Janover Commercial Real Estate Loans)

Focus Area 2: Infrastructure

• Traffic ("Transportation Infrastructure" from Gale gives a bird's-eye view)

• Water treatment (portions of "Water Use" from Gale)

• Internet access ("The Digital Divide Is a Public Health Crisis…" from Gale)

• Electrical Grid ("Balance of Power--Building a Resilient Electrical Grid" from Department of Homeland Security)

Focus Area 3: Parks and Recreation

• Green spaces ("Green Streets…" from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

• Tourism ("Tourism" or "Ecotourism" from Gale)

• Easements for land access ("Easement" from Gale)

• Community Events ("Designing Effective Community Events" from World Bank)

Focus Area 4: Economic Development

• Local Economics (“What ski towns tell us about the inequality crisis” from Deseret News)

• Public Health and Safety ("Public Health and Personal Freedom" from Gale)

• Homelessness ("Homelessness" from Gale)

• Resort Tax ("I'm a Local. Should I Have to Pay the 'Resort Tax?'" from Outside Magazine)

MORE Local Government Resources

• Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MSRC): nonprofit that provides legal and policy guidance to WA local governments

• CivicWell: nonprofit that provides policy guidance for local governments with a focus on environment / sustainability

• Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative: university program that provides teaching tools / case studies for local governments

• National League of Cities: organization that advocates for local governments and provides policy resources

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Source #5: Gale Resources --> Opposing Viewpoints --> type "generative ai" --> scroll to Academic Journals section --> click "Nudge Users to Catch Generative AI Errors"

Source #6: EBSCO Explora --> Generative AI --> Topic Overview "Generative artificial intelligence" --> Access Now

Reform Movement

1. Second Great Awakening (reference article from ABC-CLIO)

2. Transcendentalism (reference article from EBSCO)

3. Temperance Movement (reference article from EBSCO)

4. Women's Rights/Suffrage Movements (reference article from ABC-CLIO)

5. Right to Free and Public Education (reference article from ABC-CLIO, especially the 2 sections "Land Ordinance..." and "Teaching Methods and Education Reform")

6. Utopian Communities of the 1800s (reference article from ABC-CLIO)

7. Abolitionist Movement (reference article from ABC-CLIO)

Project Instructions

Digital Citizenship

What does it take to be a thriving digital citizen?

Class Article: "The 5 Competencies of Digital Citizenship"

1. Media Balance and Well-Being

How can I achieve a balance in my own digital life?

• "Seven Ways to Balance Social Media and Mental Health"

• Gale Resources → Middle School → type "digital health" → 1st result "The Health Benefits of a Digital Detox" (video with transcript)

2. Privacy and Security

How can I stay safe in the digital world?

• "Phishing and Scams"

• Gale Resources → Middle School → type "online privacy" → under NEWS (scroll down a ways!) 1st result "Mistakes Put Your Online Privacy, Security at Risk"

3. Digital Footprint and Identity

How does what I do digitally reflect who I am?

• "Online Reputation"

• Gale Resources → Middle School → type "digital footprint" → under NEWS (scroll down a ways!) 2nd result "Internet Use Leaves Digital Footprints"

4. Relationships and Communication

How can I manage friendships in the digital world for myself and others?

• "The New (Online) Etiquette of Friendship: Navigating Online Connections"

• Gale Resources → Middle School → type "online communication" → 3rd result "Is Facebook Making You Mean?..."

5. Cyberbullying, Digital Drama, and Hate Speech

What can result from hate speech and cyberbullying?

• "What We Can Do About Hate Speech"

• Gale Resources → Middle School → type "digital drama" → 2nd result "Are YOU Secretly a CYBERBULLY?..."

6. News and Media Literacy

How can I read between the lines with information I come across?

• "Fighting Misinformation: Why Pausing Before You Share Really Works!"

• Gale Resources → Middle School → type "media literacy" → 1st result "Media Literacy"

(These are the 6 core topics from the Digital Citizenship curriculum provided by Common Sense Media.)

Games:

• Cybersecurity Lab

• Digital Compass

American Indian Culture and History

Strand 1: Art

• Visual art: Interview with John Isaiah Pepion (article)

• Dance: Traditional dances (article)

• Music: Drums (article and video)

• Poetry: Living Nations, Living Words (interactive) (scroll down to map, click on a pin, click "Listen to Poem and Commentary," either listen to audio at top, or read transcript of recording)

• Clothing: Beadwork in Blackfeet moccasins (article)

Strand 2: Tradition & Heritage

• Language: Blackfeet language school (article)

• Naming: Reviving naming practices (article)

• Oral tradition: Indigenous storytelling today (article/audio), or "Winter Counts" (p. 173) from this Library book (article)

• Spirituality and nature: Thanksgiving Address (video)

• Spirit animals: Relationship to animals (article)

• Symbols of tribes and bands: Montana Tribal Flags and Seals (brochure), or "Appendix C: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations" (p. 34) in this Library book (images and descriptions)

Strand 3: Society

• Rituals & ceremonies: Powwow in Browning (photo gallery), or Sweat lodge (article)

• Food: Buffalo (article)

• Gender: Gender roles (article), or Two Spirits (article)

• Family structure: Plural marriages (article)

• Death and grieving: "Blackfeet Understandings of Death" (article)

Strand 4: Exploration or Invasion?

• Federal documents: Treaties around the events of Fools Crow (article)

• Sovereignty: What is sovereignty? (article), or "Essential Understanding Seven" from this Library book (article)

• Reservation: One Word Interviews: Reservation (video)

• "Westward Expansion": Oregon Trail game revamp (article), or Homestead Act (video and article)

Social Media Infographic Instructions

Ancient History Encyclopedia: encyclopedia dedicated to ancient history

Eyewitness to History: primary sources (find topics by browsing, rather than search bar)

Internet History Sourcebooks Project: primary sources (find topics by browsing, rather than search bar)

ABC-CLIO "World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras" (through 1500), or "World History: Modern Era" (since 1500): original content by experts

Generative AI Articles

Education

• "ChatGPT and Beyond: How to Handle AI in Schools"

• "Embracing Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom"

Students

• "Report: Almost Half of High School Students Use AI for Schoolwork"

• "Students Outrunning Faculty in AI Use"

• "Here's What Students Think About Using AI in the Classroom"

Jobs

• "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Employment"

• "Preparing Students to Join the AI Workforce"

• "Will AI Worsen Inequality?"

Community/Society

• "Ethical AI: Why and How It Needs to Work With Communities"

• "The Many Worlds of AI"

• "What Will Our Society Look Like When Artificial Intelligence is Everywhere?"

Parents

• "Generative AI, Parents, and Teens"

• "A Parent's Guide to AI"

Technology

• "Hackers Will Use AI to Orchestrate Worldwide Cyberattacks"

• "How Big Tech Companies Really Think About AI"

Psychology

• "The AI We Really Need: Authentic Interaction"

• "Can Artificial Intelligence Help Us Become Less Lonely?"

Authors, Artists

• "More than 15,000 Authors Sign Authors Guild Letter Calling on AI Industry Leaders to Protect Writers"

• "The End of Originality: Is AI Replacing Real Artists?"

Project Instructions

Explore Sources Document

Annotated Bibliographies, according to Purdue OWL

• Explore Sources document

• Outline document

• Genre Planning document

Photo Essays

• Examples

• Types of photo essays, famous examples

• Ideas and types of photo essays

Creative Nonfiction

• Examples

• "Golden Rules"

• Flash Creative Nonfiction