TAG Exploratory 5Th Grade

TAG Exploratory 5th Grade

Unit: The Critical Voter

Topic: 2016 Election Issues

Date: October 25th-November 4th

EQ: What are the critical issues in the 2016 Presidential election and how do these issues impact the lives of Americans? (various)

Standards:

ELAGSE5RI2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
ELAGSE5RI9: Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably
ELAGSE5W6: With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others;
demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.
ELAGSE5SL4: Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
SS5CG1 The student will explain how a citizen’s rights are protected under the U.S. Constitution.
Task: Choose one of the critical issues of the 2016 Presidential election listed on the chart below. Click on the hyperlink which will take you to a text set in Newsela. From that text set you will:
1)Read at least 3 articles on your Lexile level.
2)Complete the writing task for each article.
3)Complete the quiz for each of the 3 articles.
Then:
4) Prepare a presentation for an audience of your peers. Presentations include: infographics (Vennpage, Pictochart, etc), public service announcements (iMovie, Chatterpix, Tellagami, etc), or traditional presentations(Powerpoint, Google Slides, Prezi, etc).
5)Use the Presentation Rubric to evaluate yourself and your peers.
Terrorism and Security
EQ: What is worth fighting for?

/ Education

EQ: How does the education you receive affect your future?
/ Income Inequality

EQ: How do we measure equality?
/ Refugee Crisis

EQ: How can immigration lead to conflict and/or progress?
/ Gender Equality

EQ: How does the education you receive affect your future?

Criminal Justice

EQ: How does the education you receive affect your future?
/ Gun Control and the Second Amendment
EQ: What is worth fighting for?

/ Climate Change

EQ: How does where you live influence how you live?
/ Immigration

EQ: How can immigration lead to conflict and/or progress?
/ Healthcare

EQ: How does where you live influence how you live?