LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 3

The learner will be prepared to enter issues of public concern as an advocate.

Objective 3.01

Research and define issues of public concern by:
- using a variety of resources such as the media center, on-line resources, interviews, and personal reflection.
-specifying the nature of an issue, including the various claims made and the reasoning that supports these claims.

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Scripting the past: Exploring women's history through film
Students employ the screenwriter's craft to gain a fresh perspective on historical research. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts)
Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
Paying attention to technology: Exploring a fictional technology
This lesson asks students to complete a short survey to establish their beliefs about technology and then compare their opinions to the ideas in a novel that depicts technology (such as 1984, Brave New... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11–12 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Identifying and understanding the fallacies used in advertising
Students examine the fallacies that they encounter daily through exposure to advertising. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
A Biography Study: Using Role-Play to Explore Authors' Lives
In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students select American authors to research. They create timelines and biopoems about their authors and then collaborate in teams to design and present a panel presentation where they role-play their authors. The final project... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE