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Diving into Iceland's Genetic Pool Lesson Plan

Diving into Iceland's Genetic Pool Lesson Plan

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Diving into Iceland's Genetic Pool

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Investigate ethical issues surrounding the Decode project in Iceland. Middle and high schoolers take the positions of the Icelandic government, scientific researchers, and citizens and defend or refute the Decode project in a Reykjavik town hall meeting.

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Concepts

Persuasive Writing, persuasion, persuasive arguments, debate, public speaking, decoding, genetics

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debate, genetics, Informational Text, Persuasive Writing, decoding words, analyze article, ccss.ela-literacy.w.11-12.1, english language arts

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Resource Details

Grade

8th - 12th

Subjects

English Language Arts

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For Teacher Use

Duration

1 hr

Instructional Strategy

Year

1999

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Common Core

RI.7.8 RI.8.8 RI.9-10.8

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