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Say Something
Encourage students to stop and engage with a text as they read with this comprehension strategy.
Summative Assessment: My School’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In this summative assessment, students work in groups to come to consensus on five fundamental human rights that they believe every member of their school community is entitled to enjoy.
Step 2: We and They
Students work collaboratively to create illustrated children’s stories that explore issues of conformity and belonging.
Step 3: Understanding Human Rights
Students work collaboratively to create a School Declaration of Human Rights Infographic.
Step 4: Choosing to Participate
Students have an opportunity to explore one issue in-depth and to create an action plan that inspires change in their schools or communities.
Being Seen: Becoming Who You Want to Be Assessment Ideas
Create a culminating experience for your students that helps them draw new connections between the concepts and ideas presented in this text set, themselves, and the world today.
People's Assembly
Students participate in a people's assembly centered on the question, how might we challenge all types of racism in the UK so that everyone can thrive?
Toolbox for Care
This teaching strategy invites students to think about the “tools” they have access to that can help them take care of themselves and their community in the wake of traumatic news.
Connecting the Past to the Present Using Oral History
This strategy helps students engage with oral histories in order to deepen their understanding of how past events impacted individuals and communities, and to gain new perspectives on the present.
Summative Performance Task & Taking Informed Action
Students culminate their arc of inquiry into the US founding by completing a C3-aligned Summative Performance Task and Taking Informed Action.