pbl+letters+to+legislators

Summary of the issue, challenge, investigation, scenario, or problem: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Students will research a topic of their choice that deals with our community. Students will compile the information and research possible solutions to the problem addressed. Students will draft a letter to inform a local representative of the issue and possible solutions. Students will use peer editing on their first draft and submit their second draft to the teacher for editing. The third draft will be reviewed and sent to the representative. Students will attend some public local government meetings to learn the processes. Students will have an opportunity to publicly voice their concerns. || Goals 3,4, 10 || Speaking at a public meeting |||||| X  ||||||||||||||   ||||   ||  ** Presentation Audience: **    Class  School || launch inquiry, engage stude nts: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Video clip of High school students improving their community. Ask students: “what would you do” and “how can this be accomplished”? Let’s brainstorm the steps. || rubric: __  ||   ||
 * Project Overview page 1  ||
 * ** Name of Project: ** |||||||||||||||||||||||| //Letters to Legislators// |||||| ** Duration: ** |||||| 3 weeks ||
 * ** Subject/Course: ** |||||||||| Civics and Economics |||||||||||||| **Teacher(s): Noel** |||||| ** Grade Level: ** |||||| 10 ||
 * ** Other Subject Areas to Be Included: ** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Language Arts: Letter Writing ||
 * ** Project Idea **
 * ** Project Idea **
 * ** Driving Question ** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| How can a high school student improve the local community? ||
 * ** Content Standards ** to be taught and assessed**:** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Local Government/ civic responsibility/ community activism.
 * ** 21st Century Skills ** to be taught and assessed**:** |||||||||||| Collaboration with local government to solve local problems. ||||||  X  |||||||||||||| Other: Emails ||||  X  ||
 * ^  |||||||||||| Communication (Oral Presentation)
 * ^  |||||||||||| Communication (Oral Presentation)
 * ^  |||||||||||| Critical Thinking/Problem Solving Finding and problem within the community and offering possible solutions. ||||||  X  ||||||||||||||   ||||   ||
 * ** Major Products & Performances ** |||||| Group: ||||||||||||||||||||||||  |||||||||| ** Presentation Audience **
 * ** Major Products & Performances ** |||||| Group: ||||||||||||||||||||||||  |||||||||| ** Presentation Audience **
 * ^  ||||||^   ||||||||||||||||||||||||^   ||   |||||||| Class ||
 * ^  ||||||^   ||||||||||||||||||||||||^   ||   |||||||| School ||
 * ^  ||||||^   ||||||||||||||||||||||||^   || X |||||||| Community ||
 * ^  |||||| Individual: |||||||||||||||||||||||| Letter; public meetings; grass roots civic activism. || X |||||||| Experts ||
 * ^  ||||||^   ||||||||||||||||||||||||^   || X |||||||| Web ||
 * ^  ||||||^   ||||||||||||||||||||||||^   || X |||||||| Other: local government ||
 * Project Overview page 2  ||
 * ** Entry Event **to
 * ** Assessments ** |||||||| ** Formative Assessments **   (During Project)  |||||||||| Quizzes/Tests ||||||   |||||||||||| Practice Presentations || X  ||
 * ^  ||||||||^   |||||||||| Journal/Learning Log ||||||  X  |||||||||||| Notes ||  X  ||
 * ^  ||||||||^   |||||||||| Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes ||||||  X  |||||||||||| Checklists ||   ||
 * ^  ||||||||^   |||||||||| Rough Drafts ||||||  X  |||||||||||| Concept Maps ||   ||
 * ^  ||||||||^   |||||||||| Online Tests/Exams ||||||   |||||||||||| Other: ||   ||
 * ^  ||||||||  ** Summative Assessments **   (End of Project)  |||||||||| Written Product(s), with rubric: |||||| X |||||||||||| Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with
 * ^  ||||||||^   |||||||||| Oral Presentation, with rubric ||||||  X  |||||||||||| Peer Evaluation || X  ||
 * ^  ||||||||^   |||||||||| Multiple Choice/Short Answer Test ||||||   |||||||||||| Self-Evaluation || X  ||
 * ^  ||||||||^   |||||||||| Essay Test ||||||   |||||||||||| Other: ||   ||
 * ** Resources Needed ** |||||||||| ** On-site people, facilities: ** ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||  ||
 * ^  |||||||||| ** Equipment: ** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Open mind, time in the community and a Computer ||
 * ^  |||||||||| ** Materials: ** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Flash drive, paper, envelop, stamp, email ||
 * ^  |||||||||| ** Community resources: ** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| local government public meetings ||
 * ** Reflection Methods ** |||||| ** (Individual, Group, and/or Whole Class) **  |||||||||| Journal/Learning Log ||||||   |||||||||||| Focus Group ||||   ||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Whole-Class Discussion ||||||   |||||||||||| Fishbowl Discussion |||| X ||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Survey ||||||   |||||||||||| Other: Legislator responses to the letters ||||  X  ||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Whole-Class Discussion ||||||   |||||||||||| Fishbowl Discussion |||| X ||
 * ^  ||||||^   |||||||||| Survey ||||||   |||||||||||| Other: Legislator responses to the letters ||||  X  ||