Case Study #2

Box Protocol--Mystery Source 4 Quadrants

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What to Expect: Today’s Lesson

Warm Up

Learning target, check-in

Social Studies

Mystery source 4 quadrants

Exit Ticket

Wrap-up what we learned

Warm Up

I can make inferences and ask questions

about the mystery sources.

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SECTION ONE: WARM UP

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Learning Target

Check-In

SECTION ONE: INCLUSIVE WELCOME

NYS Social Studies Practice: �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.

SECTION ONE: WARM UP

What do you wonder?

What do you notice?

What can you infer?

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Keep these questions in mind:

MYSTERY SOURCE

WHAT DO YOU NOTICE? WHAT DO YOU WONDER? WHAT CAN YOU INFER?

WHAT DO YOU NOTICE? WHAT DO YOU WONDER? WHAT CAN YOU INFER?

WHAT DO YOU NOTICE? WHAT DO YOU WONDER? WHAT CAN YOU INFER?

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WHAT DO YOU NOTICE? WHAT DO YOU WONDER? WHAT CAN YOU INFER?

WHERE IS THIS?

What do you wonder?

What do you notice?

What can you infer?

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WHEN IS THIS?

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TOMPKINS, SENECA, TIOGA COUNTIES 2020

WHAT STORY DOES THIS TELL YOU ABOUT TOMPKINS, SENECA, TIOGA COUNTIES IN 2020? (POPULATION GRAPHS NEXT SLIDE)

I wonder/notice:

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NYSDOH POPULATION DATA TOMPKINS, SENECA, AND TIOGA COUNTIES

NYSDOH POPULATION DATA TOMPKINS, SENECA, AND TIOGA COUNTIES

✎ I wonder / notice:

SECTION TWO: MYSTERY SOURCES -- REVEALED

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“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 Report 2020

Interpreting the Mystery Sources

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CONTEXT

IMPORTANT CONTEXT TO CONSIDER

What is Homeownership rates?

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Why is this important?

I wonder/notice:

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SECTION TWO: MYSTERY SOURCES

Owner-occupancy or home-ownership is a form of housing tenure where a person,

called the homeowner, owns the home in which he/she lives.

I wonder/notice:

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SECTION TWO: MYSTERY SOURCES

Why is this important? Historically, members of some racial and ethnic groups have suffered discrimination in buying homes and accessing home mortgages. A home is a vital financial asset for a family and an investment in both the local neighborhood and surrounding community.

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I wonder/notice:

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WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN UNDER 18 BELOW POVERTY MEAN? WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

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Child Poverty: The number of children under 18 living below the federally defined poverty line, expressed as a percentage of all children under 18 and reported by various racial and ethnic groups. Poverty thresholds vary by family composition and year. In 2018, the threshold for a four-person family with two children was $25,465.

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Why is this important? Children raised in impoverished environments are at higher risk for a wide variety of health and social problems, including poor performance in school. The challenges they face in childhood can diminish their chances for successful adult lives.

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WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN UNDER 18 BELOW POVERTY MEAN? WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

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I wonder/notice:

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SECTION TWO: MYSTERY SOURCES

Why might the Median Annual Household Income be Important?

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Median Household Income: Median household income, inflated to 2021 dollars, broken down by race/ethnicity. Half of incomes are below the median and half are above.

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SECTION TWO: MYSTERY SOURCES (note missing data on NYSDOH for Tioga County)

Why is this important? Median household income is a gauge of overall economic health of the region and the financial resources of households. Examining income for different racial and ethnic groups is important as a measure of inequity.

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SECTION TWO: MYSTERY SOURCES

✎ I wonder / notice:

SECTION TWO: MYSTERY SOURCES

Why might the the percentage of residents dying before age 75 be important?

Measuring premature mortality, rather than overall mortality, focuses attention on deaths that might have been prevented.

Exit Ticket

What do these sources

tell us about Tompkins, Seneca, and Tioga Counties today?

SECTION THREE: EXIT TICKET

I can make inferences and ask questions

about the mystery sources.

Learning Target

SECTION THREE: EXIT TICKET

Next 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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SEL CHECK IN

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