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Lesson 3

We will complete our process of previewing available pathways in this unit and move towards determining which pathway we will explore in the upcoming weeks.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I express an accurate understanding of the central ideas of various pathway texts?

  • Can I determine points of connection among pathway texts and the central tenets of ethics from the foundational texts in Section 1?

Texts

Core

  • Unit Reader
    • Excerpt from From The War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America, Elizabeth Hinton, Harvard University Press, 2016
    • “What Role Does Ethics Play in Sports?,” Kirk O. Hanson and Matt Savage, Santa Clara University, 2012

Materials

Tools

Reference Guides

Question Sets

Editable Google Docs

Activity 1: Read – Discuss

We will explore texts representative of each pathway so that we can choose a pathway topic and team. For each text, we will continue identifying the main idea and supporting details.

Access "What Role Does Ethics Play in Sports?" by Kirk O. Hanson and Matt Savage.

Skim the text. While skimming, pay attention to repeated ideas, themes, and connections to pathways, and discuss your reading with a partner who has read the same text.

Respond to the following questions with your partner:

  1. What is the main idea expressed in this reading?

  2. What are three to four sentences presented in the text that represent the main idea or enhance your thinking on the topic?

  3. What pathway is represented by this reading?

  4. Based on what you have read, would you like to further explore this topic?

Activity 2: Read

We will explore texts representative of each pathway so that we can choose a pathway topic and team. For each text, we will continue identifying the main idea and supporting details.

Access the excerpt from Elizabeth Hinton’s From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America.

Skim the text. While skimming, pay attention to repeated ideas, themes, and connections to pathways and discuss your reading with a partner who has read the same text.

Respond to the following questions with your partner:

  1. What is the main idea expressed in this reading?

  2. What are three to four sentences or ideas presented in the text that represent the main idea or enhance your thinking on the topic?

  3. What pathway is represented by this reading?

  4. Based on what you have read, would you like to further explore this topic?

Activity 3: Discuss

We will choose a pathway topic and team.

Review all notes taken while previewing the pathway texts.

In a conversation with a partner, respond to the following questions:

  1. Which text is the most appealing?

  2. Which pathway is the most appealing?

  3. Why are you interested in this text and pathway?

Activity 4: Read

For homework, we will review the Foundation Unit research and Presentation Guide and note how it will aid us in our research.

For homework, familiarize yourself with the Foundation Unit Research and Presentation Guide.

As you begin the research process in pathway teams, you will start using the Foundation Unit Research and Presentation Guide. The guide provides an outline of processes and activities, and associated Reference Guides, to help your team research your chosen pathway in preparation for the Culminating Task presentation. You will be working with it from now on.

Note that it has three sections:

  1. Initiating Inquiry

  2. Collecting and Analyzing Sources

  3. Creating and Delivering Your Presentation

Each section has a variety of tasks from which each member of the team completes depending on what the team needs to do to be successful leading up to the Culminating Task.

Consider the guiding questions as you review the Foundation Unit Research and Presentation Guide:

  1. What information do the guides provide that can help you conduct research?

  2. What processes and questions can you use to commence your research?