Content Standards.
Georgia Standards of Excellence
ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
ELAGSE9-10W1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
ISTE Standards
2. Digital Citizen
2b. Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.
2d. Students manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security and are aware of data-collection technology used to track their navigation online.
3. Knowledge Constructor
3a. Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.
3b. Students evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources.
7. Global Collaborator
7b. Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.
Digital Information Fluency Skills
1. LOCATING INFORMATION EFFICIENTLy
1.A Learners identify key concepts in a research question
- Translate a natural language question into a search query
- Identify terms that are likely to be effective "as is"
- Identify terms for which more effective vocabulary is likely to be required1.B Learners create effective and efficient search queries
- Develop and apply vocabulary building strategies effectively to conduct a digital information search - seek out more specific terms (hyponyms) to narrow a search or more general terms (hypernyms) to broaden a search
- Effectively act on informed decisions to revise their search queries based on search results/feedback - interpret evidence that results are relevant and significant
Principals of Inquiry-Based Learning
3. Importance of Assessment
8. Ethical Citizenship
ELAGSE9-10RL10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
ELAGSE9-10W1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
ISTE Standards
2. Digital Citizen
2b. Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.
2d. Students manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security and are aware of data-collection technology used to track their navigation online.
3. Knowledge Constructor
3a. Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.
3b. Students evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources.
7. Global Collaborator
7b. Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.
Digital Information Fluency Skills
1. LOCATING INFORMATION EFFICIENTLy
1.A Learners identify key concepts in a research question
- Translate a natural language question into a search query
- Identify terms that are likely to be effective "as is"
- Identify terms for which more effective vocabulary is likely to be required1.B Learners create effective and efficient search queries
- Develop and apply vocabulary building strategies effectively to conduct a digital information search - seek out more specific terms (hyponyms) to narrow a search or more general terms (hypernyms) to broaden a search
- Effectively act on informed decisions to revise their search queries based on search results/feedback - interpret evidence that results are relevant and significant
Principals of Inquiry-Based Learning
3. Importance of Assessment
8. Ethical Citizenship
Essential Question.
Is utopia attainable? At what cost would it be worth attaining?
Introduction.
“Everything has a price. The price, however, isn't always money.”
― Ahmed Mostafa
Recently, we investigated the elements of utopian society
and speculated what it would take to create such an existence.
Today we will take this lesson further.
Oftentimes, while we have the best of intentions,
we do not realize that there is an equal
and opposite reaction for each action we take
in more than just Sir Issac Newton's physics laws.
― Ahmed Mostafa
Recently, we investigated the elements of utopian society
and speculated what it would take to create such an existence.
Today we will take this lesson further.
Oftentimes, while we have the best of intentions,
we do not realize that there is an equal
and opposite reaction for each action we take
in more than just Sir Issac Newton's physics laws.
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.
by Ursula Le Guin
Read Ursula Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas". As you read, consider the price of a perfect world.
After reading Le Guin's short story, the price of paradise becomes apparent. Complete this short quiz to assess your comprehension of the story.
You will now create a full-bodied discussion post in Google Classroom responding to the essential question prompt: "Is utopia attainable? At what cost would it be worth attaining?" Your response must include a reference to a work (poem, song, short story, article, visual art, etc.) that supports your position. You will also respond to the post of a classmate. You should question each other's ideas if they differ from your own (in a respectful manner, of course).
Use the curated list below to aid in your research for an appropriate work.
You will now create a full-bodied discussion post in Google Classroom responding to the essential question prompt: "Is utopia attainable? At what cost would it be worth attaining?" Your response must include a reference to a work (poem, song, short story, article, visual art, etc.) that supports your position. You will also respond to the post of a classmate. You should question each other's ideas if they differ from your own (in a respectful manner, of course).
Use the curated list below to aid in your research for an appropriate work.