Courage+Unit

= **Courage:** Learning from the Past to Lead for Today...and Tomorrow = //Click Here for Unit Plan://
 * ===‍‍‍6th Grade [|Language Arts] and [|Social Studies]:===
 * ===‍‍‍Curriculum Framing Quesitons:===


 * Essential Question:**
 * **How can I look to courageous characters to find the courage within myself?**
 * **What important lessons does history teach us?**
 * **How can I make a more purposeful life?**
 * **What hidden measures of courage are there in the people who surround me?**
 * **Are we "Waiting on the World to Change?"**


 * Unit Questions: **
 * How has my perspective changed as I have read?
 * How has my perspective changed as I have written?

**Content Questions:**

[|Visual Ranking]
 * **Students will sort world issues to raise their awareness of world/global issues.**
 * **Students will sort community issues to raise their awareness of issues in their backyard.**

[|Seeing Reason]
 * **Students will generate their own ideas for taking action in their group, their community or their world. This will later lead to them creating Student Action Teams in order to make positive changes.**

[|Showing Evidence]
 * **Students will justify and present evidence from their service projects.**
 * **This thinking tool will raise awareness and persuade others to join in their cause.**

=Assessment=
 * click here to view:[[file:Small Change Project Checklist.docx]]