Overview
It is time for student groups to design a strategy to create their Generation Archive! This will be the first of several lessons in which students, in their groups, will collaborate to design their Generation Archive.
Essential Questions
● Can a generation be adequately represented through the use of multimedia such as photography, captions, and audio, if selected and assembled by members of that generation?
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
● Collaborate in groups to design their Generation Action Plan
● Synthesize the information from the last two modules in group discussions
● Create the needed action steps to complete their Generation Archive
Common Core State Standards
Work with peers to set rules for collegial discussions and decision-making (e.g., informal consensus, taking votes on key issues, presentation of alternate views), clear goals and deadlines, and individual roles as needed.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and Breughel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).
● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.C
Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate the current discussion to broader themes or larger ideas; actively incorporate others into the discussion; and clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions.
● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.D
Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives, summarize points of agreement and disagreement, and, when warranted, qualify or justify their own views and understanding and make new connections in light of the evidence and reasoning presented.
Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Materials for Instructor
● Generation Action Plan (One copy per student group)
Materials for Students
● Our Generation Worksheet (completed in the last class)
● LRA Ed Journals
Time for a Generation Action Plan!
The student groups have spent the previous classes investigating past generations and their own. Share with them that it is now time to make an action plan to create their Generation Archives.
Step One
Students should sit in their groups. Have each group take out:
● Our Generation Worksheet (there should be one the group has already completed).
● Generation Action Plan Worksheet, one for each group.
● Choose a scribe to fill in the worksheet.
Step Two
Share with students that it is now time for them to use their collaboration skills and make some tough choices!
● Looking over their Our Generation Worksheet in groups, ask students to highlight four characteristics they would like represented in their Generation Archive.
● Let students know, as written on their Generation Action Plan, that they will decide how to represent each category through a photo, a caption, and a short audio statement.
Step Three
This step will entail groups filling out their Generation Action Plan.
Step Four
Class sharing of the group Generation Action Plans.