May 30th, 2008
II. Goals/Standards
Goals/Standards
The goal of this project was to have students explore an individual’s responsibility to his/her community and the roots of social injustice. We wanted students to research the factors that give rise to social injustice, but also take it one step further and create solutions that involve raising awareness and taking action.
States standards (Essential Academic Learning Requirements) and grade-level expectations (GLEs) met through this project:
Social Studies EALR 1: CIVICS
The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation’s fundamental documents to make decisions about local, national, and international issues and to demonstrate thoughtful, participatory citizenship.
Social Studies Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) – Component 1.2:
Understands the purposes, organization, and function of governments, laws, and political systems.
GLE: 1.2.2
Evaluates the effectiveness of federalism in promoting the common good and protecting individual rights.
Social Studies EALR 2: ECONOMICS
The student applies understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision-making and the interactions between individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies.
Social Studies Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) – Component 2.3: Understands the government’s role in the economy.
GLE: 2.3.1
Evaluates the costs and benefits of governmental fiscal and monetary policies.
Social Studies Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) – Component 2.4: Understands the economic issues and problems that all societies face.
GLE: 2.4.1
Analyzes and evaluates how individuals affect and are affected by the distribution of resources and sustainability.
Social Studies EALR 3: GEOGRAPHY
The student uses a spatial perspective to make reasoned decisions by applying the concepts of location, region, and movement and demonstrating knowledge of how geographic features and human cultures impact environments.
Social Studies Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) – Component 3.2: Understands the interactions between humans and environments.
GLE: 3.2.2
Analyzes and evaluates the social and political factors affecting cultural interactions.
Social Studies EALR 4: HISTORY
The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals, and themes of local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history shapes the present and future.
Social Studies Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) – Component 4.2: Understands and analyzes the causal factors that have shaped major events in history.
GLE: 4.2.1
Evaluates how individuals and movements have shaped contemporary world issues.
Social Studies Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) – Component 4.2: Understands and analyzes the causal factors that have shaped major events in history.
GLE: 4.2.2
Analyzes how cultural identity can promote unity and division.
Social Studies Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) – Component 4.4:
Uses history to understand the present and plan for the future.
GLE: 4.4.1
Evaluates positions on a current issue based on an analysis of history.
Social Studies EALR 5: SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS
The student understands and applies reasoning skills to conduct research, deliberate, form, and evaluate positions through the processes of reading, writing, and communicating.
Social Studies Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) – Component 5.3: Deliberates public issues.
GLE: 5.3.1
Evaluates how the discussion and the proposed alternative resolutions changed or solidified one’s own position on public issues.
Component 5.4: Creates a product that uses social studies content to support a thesis and presents the product in an appropriate manner to a meaningful audience.
GLE: 5.4.1
Evaluates positions and evidence to make one’s own decisions in a paper or presentation.
Social Studies Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) – Component 5.4:
Creates a product that uses social studies content to support a thesis and presents the product in an appropriate manner to a meaningful audience.
GLE: 5.4.2
Understands and demonstrates the ethical responsibility one has in using and citing sources and the rules related to plagiarism and copyrighting.
Creates annotated bibliography or works cited page using an appropriate format.
Uses appropriate format to cite sources within an essay or presentation.
Creates strategies to avoid plagiarism and respects intellectual property when developing a paper or presentation.