Image Source - Angela Davis in black and white and gray
Links to Essential Lessons
Collective Action:
Fight for Equality and Justice.
Skill Focuses
Change and Continuity
Cause and Effect
Multiple Perspectives
Using Claim, Evidence and Reasoning
Compelling Questions
How are constitutional principles reflected in the institutions of government?
What are the rights guaranteed to persons by the Constitution?
Learning Targets
Collective Action: I can explain my rights according to the Constitution and our Constitutional Amendments.
Equality: I can analyze movements for equality throughout U.S. History and compare them to the actions of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Justice: I can analyze movements for justice throughout U.S. History and how they have been helped and hindered by citizens, state/federal government institutions and elected officials.
Fight for Equality and Justice.
Skill Focuses
Change and Continuity
Cause and Effect
Multiple Perspectives
Using Claim, Evidence and Reasoning
Compelling Questions
How are constitutional principles reflected in the institutions of government?
What are the rights guaranteed to persons by the Constitution?
Learning Targets
Collective Action: I can explain my rights according to the Constitution and our Constitutional Amendments.
Equality: I can analyze movements for equality throughout U.S. History and compare them to the actions of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Justice: I can analyze movements for justice throughout U.S. History and how they have been helped and hindered by citizens, state/federal government institutions and elected officials.
Driving Question(s)Q1 - How can we create a podcast series about our collective actions to bring awareness and safety to schools from gun violence?
Q2 - How have elected officials and state/federal governments helped or hindered the effectiveness of different movement throughout US History? Project DescriptionStudents will be asking questions, researching and developing a proposal to effect positive government policy to address gun violence, specifically, school gun violence. Our ultimate goal will be to present our policy ideas to state legislators and get their feedback. The students will also be asked to look at how state/federal governments responded to the efforts of this organization and other organizations. The students will show their learning by creating a podcast series, as a class.
Entry EventFriday, March 18th - 1/2 to 2/3s of students absent because of a threat that was deemed non-credible.
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Level
High School Length 7 weeks School Year '23 Falll Semester Author Dylan Wince School Tempe High School Traditional Units The Three Branches of Government Civil Rights and Civil Liberties 
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