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Case Study #2

Box Protocol--Mystery Source 4 Quadrants

DAY

2

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What to Expect: Today’s Lesson

Warm Up

Learning target

Social Studies

Mystery source 4 quadrants

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Warm Up

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We can analyze a mystery source by making observations and asking questions, in order to make inferences about what the source is telling us.

(Target Tracker)

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SECTION ONE: WARM UP

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Learning Target

NYS Social Studies Framework

Social Studies Framework Reference

4.4c Government in New York State is organized into counties, cities, towns, and villages.

Students will identify the county in which they live, noting where their city, town or village is within that county.

S.S. Practice: Gathering, using, and interpreting evidence

A.2 Recognize, use, and analyze different forms of evidence used to make meaning in social studies (including primary and secondary sources such as maps and graphs)

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New York State Standards: English Language Arts

4R7: Identify information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text.

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NYS Culturally Responsive Framework

Reflect, honor, value, and center various identity perspectives as assets in policies and practices

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SECTION ONE: WARM UP

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Group Norms

Our Community is SAFE, KIND, and FAIR

  • Respect your classmates
  • Use “I statements”
    • I think…
    • What I love about that… and…(compliment sandwich)
    • I connect with…
  • Be Kind
    • ‘I like what you said’
    • ‘I feel that way too’
    • ‘I’m proud of myself’ ‘I am proud of you’
  • Be curious and ask questions
    • ‘Tell me more’
    • ‘Help me understand’
    • ‘You’re making me wonder…’
  • One mic
    • One person talks at a time
    • I take turns
    • Privilege/gift of listening

Rochester Leader, Constance Mitchell works with a class of kids to help their community

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Check-In

SECTION ONE: WARM UP

Show the class with your fingers which number ‘panda’ represents how you’re feeling today?

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Gathering, Using, &

Interpreting Evidence

SECTION ONE: WARM UP

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Instructions: Create this set of boxes on your butcher paper. �Be sure to leave space between each box for notes.

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What do you wonder?

What do you notice?

What can you infer?

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Keep these questions in mind:

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Social Studies Practices:

Gathering, Using, & Interpreting Evidence

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Where is this?

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When is this? Note the key.

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Monroe County 2020

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What does this tell us about Monroe County in 2020?

SECTION TWO: MYSTERY SOURCE (Explore the map here)

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Out of all 50 states in the U.S.A. the most segregating school district border divides Rochester from Penfield.

-Edbuild 2020

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SEL: Optimistic Closure

The purpose of education is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions.

-James Baldwin

Over the next few days we’re going to investigate how racism may have impacted our community and how people have responded. We’re going to work together to make our own decisions about what we learn and how we want to respond to that learning.

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What does this quote from the author and activist James Baldwin mean to you?

Zones of Regulation

What zone are you in?

Blue

One Finger

Green

Two Fingers

Yellow

Three Fingers

Red

Four Fingers

Bored

Happy

Excited

Upset

Tired

Positive

Worried

Angry

Sad

Thankful

Nervous

Aggressive

Depressed

Proud

Confused

Mad

Shy

Calm

Embarrassed

Terrified

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We can analyze a mystery source by making observations and asking questions, in order to make inferences about what the source is telling us.

(Target Tracker)

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SECTION ONE: WARM UP

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Learning Target

NYS Social Studies Framework

Social Studies Framework Reference

4.4c Government in New York State is organized into counties, cities, towns, and villages.

Students will identify the county in which they live, noting where their city, town or village is within that county.

S.S. Practice: Gathering, using, and interpreting evidence

A.2 Recognize, use, and analyze different forms of evidence used to make meaning in social studies (including primary and secondary sources such as maps and graphs)

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New York State Standards: English Language Arts

4R7: Identify information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text.

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NYS Culturally Responsive Framework

Reflect, honor, value, and center various identity perspectives as assets in policies and practices

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EXTENSION ACTIVITY

Monroe County Data

Questions for Inquiry

Possible Answers & Inferences

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EXTENSION ACTIVITY

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I wonder/notice:

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I wonder/notice:

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I wonder/notice:

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SECTION TWO: MYSTERY SOURCES -- REVEALED

These comparisons should never be viewed as supporting any kind of racial hierarchy. Instead, if we accept the inherent equality of all, the outcomes must be seen as resulting from policies and practices of our society, both at a national and local level.

-p.9-10 Hard Facts 2020

Interpreting the Mystery Sources

from ACT Rochester

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