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**D-Quadrant Backward Planning **




 * Lesson Title Civil Rights **

//Evaluates how issues of diversity and differences in power have been an integral part of US history //
 * What is it you Want Students to Know and Be Able to Do? – **//Content Standards //

Students ability to understand how past events have influenced present day US. Students will be able to use digital resources to locate current laws that are unfair in US. Students will be able to analyze and interpret this data.
 * 21st Century Skills (ISTE NETS) **//What will you assess, specifically? //


 * Transfer **: //Students will be able to independently use their knowledge, understandings, and skills acquired to How do current US laws effect students today. Students_create their own solutions to effecting change for social justice. //

How do we effect change in society?
 * Essential Question **//Big, broad open question not subject specific //


 * Enduring Understanding: **//<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> What do you hope students to remember 10 years from now? <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">How do people with power in society feel? How do people without power feel? How individuals can organize to effect change in our society. //


 * <span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Unit Questions: **//<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Open questions – subject specific //

<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">What have people in our society done to effect change? <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Are there unfair laws in US currently? <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Are there unfair laws in our community? <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">How can students effect change?


 * <span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Content/Guiding Questions: **//<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Closed questions – fact finding //


 * <span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">How will you know they know it? **//<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Formative & Summative Assessment Strategies of content and __skills__ //

<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Formative Assessments:

<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Summative Assessments:


 * <span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Performance Assessment Task – G.R.A.S.P.S.__ **

<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">We read __Sit-Ins The Greensboro__ 4 and discussed who was Martin Luther King, Jr, and how did he effect change and why? Why was he important enough to celebrate his birthday as a national holiday? What did he do? Are there current laws in our society or community that are unfair?
 * <span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Goal: **//<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The “hook” //<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">– //Your task is…an engaging introduction that kids can connect with – the “real world” situation//

<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Students will be a person of power or a person without power.
 * <span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The Role **<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> - //Who does this kind of work or problem solving in the “real world?”//


 * <span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The Audience – **//<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Who will you present your product to (other than the teacher)? <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">To the students, teachers, staff and parents. //

<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Students will work with a partner to locate, organize analyze, evaluate and synthesize information about unfair laws in US through primary sources. <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Students will work with a partner to interview community members on unfair laws. <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Students will brainstorm effective strategies to implement change.
 * <span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The Situation – **//<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">More details on the goal //

<span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Students will create a multimedia project that addresses the essential question
 * <span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The product **<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> – //What would you turn in to your boss?//


 * <span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Standards & Criteria for Success – **//<span style="font-family: ArialMS,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Rubric criteria – what is expected? Should align with learning goals //

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**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D-Quadrant Backward Planning **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Lesson Title **

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">What is it you Want Students to Know and Be Able to Do? – **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Content Standards //__

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">21st Century Skills (ISTE NETS) **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What will you assess, specifically? //__

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Transfer **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students will be able to independently use their knowledge, understandings, and skills acquired to //__//_//

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Essential Question **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Big, broad open question not subject specific //__

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Enduring Understanding: **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> What do you hope students to remember 10 years from now? //__

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Unit Questions: **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Open questions – subject specific //__

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Content/Guiding Questions: **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Closed questions – fact finding //__

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">How will you know they know it? **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Formative & Summative Assessment Strategies of content //__//and __skills__//

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Formative Assessments:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Summative Assessments:


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Performance Assessment Task – G.R.A.S.P.S. __**


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Goal: **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The “hook” //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">– //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Your task is… ////<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">an ////<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">engaging introduction that kids can connect with – the “real world” situation //


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Role **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> - //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Who does this kind of work or problem solving in the “real world?” //


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Audience – **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Who will you present your product to (other than the teacher)? //


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Situation – **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">More details on the goal //


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The product **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> – //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What would you turn in to your boss? //


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Standards & Criteria for Success – **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rubric criteria – what is expected? Should align with learning goals //