Unit 2 Overview
6th Grade Unit: The Power of Choice in Conflict
Key Concepts/Themes: Choice and involvement in conflict
Rationale/Goals: Students will analyze and evaluate options we have in resolving conflicts by examining current conflicts at home and around the world. They will consider proposals people have presented to solve these problems, and write an argument for or against one proposal for conflict resolution.
By the end of the unit, students will answer the following writing prompt:
We’ve explored many articles with conflicting viewpoints in this unit. Consider one issue that you feel strongly about and develop an argument that supports your claim. Your task is to gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources to support your claim.
Write an argument defending your position on the issue. Be sure to introduce your claim clearly, organize your evidence and reasons in order to demonstrate understanding of the text. Include relevant evidence from the credible sources you gather as well as text read in class, digital sources, quotes and group discussions. Cite bibliographic information to record your sources.
Essential Questions:
Skills
Enduring Understandings
Key Concepts/Themes: Choice and involvement in conflict
Rationale/Goals: Students will analyze and evaluate options we have in resolving conflicts by examining current conflicts at home and around the world. They will consider proposals people have presented to solve these problems, and write an argument for or against one proposal for conflict resolution.
By the end of the unit, students will answer the following writing prompt:
We’ve explored many articles with conflicting viewpoints in this unit. Consider one issue that you feel strongly about and develop an argument that supports your claim. Your task is to gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources to support your claim.
Write an argument defending your position on the issue. Be sure to introduce your claim clearly, organize your evidence and reasons in order to demonstrate understanding of the text. Include relevant evidence from the credible sources you gather as well as text read in class, digital sources, quotes and group discussions. Cite bibliographic information to record your sources.
Essential Questions:
Skills
- How does an author develop or convey a point of view?
- How does a reader trace and evaluate an argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not?
- Who determines who’s right or wrong in society?
- How does a government influence a society's view point?
- Who has the power in a society?
Enduring Understandings
- Authors use various methods to develop or convey a character’s point of view.
- When people read, they analyze the situations in a text in order to make decisions about the world around them.
- People write in order to communicate their point of view, as influenced by their own experience and analysis of text.
- In order to communicate effectively orally and in writing, people use proper conventions of English, as well as a variety of techniques, including figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meaning.
- Individual choices affect a whole society, and society affects individual choices.