Search: Intensive, 3.1.5 Connect learning to community issues.
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| Title | Overview | Grade | Average Rating |
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| Taking Action for Human Rights 2: Plan | How can ordinary people defend human rights? Students will research and develop an action plan regarding a contemporary human rights violation. Students will gain hands-on experience in grassroots activism which will inform and inspire human rights activism later in life. *Lesson two of four.* | 10, 11, 12 | |
| Letter Writing for Human Rights | Students will be able to identify which human rights are being violated in a given case summary and explain how those rights are being violated. Students will be able to clearly and formally express arguments and concerns regarding human rights violations. This lesson is designed to address two essential questions: What are human rights? How can ordinary people defend human rights? | 10, 11, 12 | |
| Alternative Energy Sources | As part of a science unit on conservation, sixth grade students will research alternative energy sources and communicate their knowledge by participating in a panel discussion on mock alternative energy solutions. An essential question framing their inquiry is: Which alternative energy sources will sustain a healthier and cleaner environment? | 6 | |
| Cloning: Should We Be Doing It? | In this project students gather and analyze information on research relating to cloning, identify the positive and negative impacts of cloning, and take an individual stand on how they feel about cloning. Students address the following essential questions: What is happening in genetics research on cloning? Why should we care about this research? How does it affect our lives? How do different stakeholder groups view this research? How do I personally feel about cloning? Why? | 12 |