Curriculum
Objectives

Materials and
Resources

Investigations
and Other
Activities

Assessment

Reflections

Tech-Know-Build

Objectives

The students will be able to:

1. read and analyze selections relating to conformity and nonconformity.
2. write a response journal detailing their progress.
3. research creative people and events in society to understand how they deal with conformity issues.
4. write and present a project showing how people respond to the issue of conformity vs. nonconformity.
5. analyze and evaluate each project.
6. analyze and evaluate individual progress.
7. analyze and evaluate group members.

This lesson meets many 
of the Indiana Academic Standards 2000 
for English/Language Arts, including:

Reading

10.2.2 Extend ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through original analysis, evaluation, and elaboration.

Writing

10.4.4 Use clear research questions and suitable research methods, including text and electronic resources and personal interviews, to compile and present evidence from primary and secondary print or Internet sources.

10.4.5 Develop the main ideas within the body of the composition through supporting evidence such as scenarios, commonly held beliefs, hypotheses, and definitions.

10.4.6 Synthesize information from multiple sources. Identify complexities and inconsistencies in the information and the different perspectives found in each medium, including almanacs, microfiche, news sources, in-depth field studies, speeches, journals, technical documents, or Internet sources.

10.4.7  Integrate quotations or citations into a written text while maintaining the flow of ideas.

10.4.8  Use appropriate conventions for documentation in text, notes, and bibliographies following the formats in different style manuals.

10.4.12 Provide constructive criticism to other writers with suggestions for improving organization, tone, style, clarity and focus; edit and revise in response to peer reviews of own work.

Listening and Speaking

10.7.4 Use props, visual aids, graphs, and electronic media to enhance the appeal and accuracy of presentations.

10.7.6  Analyze the occasion and the interests of the audience and choose effective verbal and nonverbal techniques for presentations.

10.7.11 Evaluate the clarity, quality, effectiveness, and general coherence of a speaker's important points, arguments, evidence, organization of ideas, delivery, choice of words, and use of language.

10.7.12  Analyze the types of arguments used by the speaker, including argument by causation, analogy, authority, emotion, and logic.

10.7.15 Deliver expository presentations.

To find out more about these standards, 
or to see a complete list,  
follow the hyperlink below.

www.doe.state.in.us/standards

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 Last updated 6-11-2001.