Unit 3- Social Issues

Note: This is a unit that studies issues that middle schoolers are either thinking about or experiencing themselves, not necessarily issues that happen in school. This is a foundational unit that studies issues in which the reader learns from the author, through the characters, larger lessons of life. Many of these issues are black and white, but readers start to study the grey area within these issues from different perspectives of characters and through conversations with other readers who often hold a different point of view or ideas.

Essential Questions:

• What are social issues that middle school student face?
• How can I critically view the world?
• In what ways can I take action to make the world a more fair or just place?
• How can I work within a group to achieve the goals together?