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Unit Assessment: From Identity to Action AssessmentUnit Assessment: From Identity to Action Assessment
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Facing History and Ourselves
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6th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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Unit Assessment: From Identity to Action

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This Unit Assessment: From Identity to Action assessment also includes:
  • Standing Up for Democracy Unit
  • Get Prepared to Teach This Scheme of Work in Your Classroom
  • Starburst Identity Chart
  • Mask-Making Preparation Worksheet
  • Story Board Template
  • Online Civic Participation
  • Assessment
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Four projects enable class members to show what they have learned about ways they can stand up for democracy. to begin, individuals review their identity charts and craft a mask that represents themselves. Next, groups create a short, illustrated children's book about conformity and belonging. The third project asks groups to create a School Declaration of Human Rights infographic. The final project has class members developing an action plan for something they could do to raise awareness and inspire change.

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democracy, building community, school community, self assessment, social-emotional learning, society, identity, masks, casel

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social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Create rubrics that delineate the expectations for the four projects

Classroom Considerations

  • Set aside extra prep time to collect mask-making materials
  • The final resource in the 15-lesson Standing Up for Democracy unit
  • Access to the lesson presentation requires a free account

Pros

  • Includes a link to a teaching strategies page for a list of additional collaborative projects and ways class members might share their projects with the school community

Cons

  • No rubrics are included for the four projects

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