social issue

Who Should We Ask?

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Curriculum Embedded Task
Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC)
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History / Social Studies
U.S. Government
11, 12
High (9-12)

Students first select and research a policy issue, then a corresponding interest group. Students write a 5 to 6 page proposal to their chosen interest group, suggesting which branch of government the interest group should attempt to influence and explaining why they believe that branch is the...

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Is This Fiction for Real? Researching Social Issues in Literature

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Curriculum Embedded Task
Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC)
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English / Language Arts
9, 10
High (9-12)

In this task, students will read a fiction novel of their choice containing a modern social issue. Students will then conduct research on the social issue and write a research paper that analyzes and compares/contrasts the depiction of a social issue in the novel in relation to the reality of...

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