Essential Question:
What is argument? How is an argument different from an opinion? Why do some people choose to sell historical artifacts while others choose to preserve history for all?
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The unit will take six weeks. Students will learn about changes over time and the ethics of selling history. Grade 6 students need to understand the role they can play in our society. In this unit, students will learn the power of a rational argument in exploring changes over time. Through reading, writing, listening, and speaking experiences, students will explores how an individual person can effect change. Students will have an opportunity to analyze in detail how an individual is portrayed in a text as an agent of change; 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; write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence; and discuss their readings and writing by explicitly drawing on information about the topic, text, or issue.
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Texts:
From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg The Egypt Game by Zilpha Snyder Slakes Limbo by Felice Holman Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett The Calder Game by Blue Balliett The Danger Game by Blue Balliett
Cohen, Daniel. "The First Emperor". Book Excerpt from The Tomb Robbers. (Selection can be found in the McDougal Littell and Holt McDougal Grade 6 anthology. The copyright dates for the referenced anthology range from 2003 to 2012.)
Web Articles:
Changes over time—The Ethics of Selling History http://www.economist.com/node/1056932 Civil War fort at Jamestown is dug up to get at 1607 site. http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/?p=1229
SIRS Discover texts:
Martin, Noelene. "The Secret Army." Touchdown. April 2001: 86-89. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 05 Dec 2011. Bryan. "The First Emperor." Junior Scholastic (Vol. 110, No. 17). 28 Apr 2008: 12+. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 05 Dec 2011.
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