Description
- Overview:
- With a focus on education in Afghanistan, the Witness to Education in Afghanistan and Throughout the World curriculum examines global and local examples of how education can be use to create social change. Students address the driving question: "How can we, as youth, utilize education to promote positive change within our communities?"
- Subject:
- Arts and Humanities, Social Science
- Level:
- Middle School, High School
- Grades:
- Grade 9, Grade 10
- Material Type:
- Case Study, Interactive, Lecture, Lesson Plan, Student Guide
- Author:
- Global Nomads Group (GNG)
- Date Added:
- 01/28/2016
- License:
-
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Downloadable docs, Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML, Video
Standards
Common Core State Standards English Language Arts
Grades 9-10,Writing for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsCluster: Research to Build and Present Knowledge.
Standard: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Common Core State Standards English Language Arts
Grades 9-10,Speaking and ListeningCluster: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Standard: Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Common Core State Standards English Language Arts
Grades 9-10,Speaking and ListeningCluster: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Standard: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Common Core State Standards English Language Arts
Grades 9-10,Speaking and ListeningCluster: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Standard: 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.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Common Core State Standards English Language Arts
Grades 9-10,Speaking and ListeningCluster: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.
Standard: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grades 9-10 Language standards 1 and 3 on pages 54 for specific expectations.)
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Common Core State Standards English Language Arts
Grades 9-10,Speaking and ListeningCluster: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.
Standard: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Common Core State Standards English Language Arts
Grades 9-10,Speaking and ListeningCluster: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Standard: Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Common Core State Standards English Language Arts
Grades 9-10,Reading for Informational TextCluster: Key Ideas and Details.
Standard: Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Common Core State Standards English Language Arts
Grades 9-10,Reading for Informational TextCluster: Key Ideas and Details.
Standard: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 9-10Learning Domain: Writing for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Standard: Research to Build and Present Knowledge.
Indicator: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 9-10Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Key Ideas and Details.
Indicator: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 9-10Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Key Ideas and Details.
Indicator: Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 9-10Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.
Indicator: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grades 9-10 Language standards 1 and 3 on pages 54 for specific expectations.)
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 9-10Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.
Indicator: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 9-10Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: Evaluate a speaker�۪s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 9-10Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9���10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others�۪ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 9-10Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 9-10Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: 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.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: 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.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Standard: Research to Build and Present Knowledge.
Indicator: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.
Indicator: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.
Indicator: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grades 9-10 Language standards 1 and 3 on pages 54 for specific expectations.)
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Key Ideas and Details.
Indicator: Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Key Ideas and Details.
Indicator: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
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- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan History
- Critical Analysis
- Education
- Global Awareness
- Global Challenges
- Media Bias
- Social Action
- Social Change
- Youth Activism
- Youth and Social Change
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