I, Me, You, We: Individuality Versus Conformity, Ela Lessons for Gifted and Advanced Learners in Grades 6-8

ISBN-13: 9781618214959 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 226 str.

Emily Mofield; Tamra Stambaugh

Opis

I, Me, You, We: Individuality Versus Conformity encourages students to ask themselves: Who am I? Where do I belong? What are the consequences of conforming to a group? When does social conformity go too far? In this unit, developed by Vanderbilt University's Programs for Talented Youth, students will explore texts related to belongingness, community, civil disobedience, self-reliance, and questioning the status quo. Students will tackle the fine line of individuality versus conformity through the close-reading of short stories, poems, and primary source documents and engaging in creative activities, writing, discussions, and debates. The unit features short stories from Kurt Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury, poetry from Emily Dickinson and Maya Angelou, art by MC Escher and Picasso, and primary source documents from Plato, Eleanor D. Roosevelt, William Bradford, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction Pretest Pretest Rubric AN EXAMINATION OF IDENTITY: How Does Our Environment Shape Our Identity? Lesson 1 “Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed by Ray Bradbury Lesson 2 “All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury Lesson 3 “Day and Night by M. C. Escher AN EXAMINATION OF RISK: Against the Status Quo Lesson 4 “Letter to DAR” and “My Day” Column by Eleanor Roosevelt Lesson 5 Picasso’s Guitars and Plato’s Theory of Forms Lesson 6 “Much Madness is divinest Sense AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL CONFORMITY Lesson 7 The Mayflower Compact by William Bradford Lesson 8 “Alone by Maya Angelou Lesson 9 “Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut AN EXAMINATION OF NONCONFORMITY: A Force of Social Change Lesson 10 Excerpts From “Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson Lesson 11 Excerpts From “Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau Lesson 12 Final Reflection and Culminating Project Posttest Posttest Rubric References Appendix A: Instructions for Using the Models Appendix B: Blank Models and Guides Appendix C: Rubrics About the Authors Common Core State Standards Alignment