Project Summary:

The theme and concept of the project is bullying, this concept was influenced by the

history standard, 7.SP1.2 Classify a series of historical events and developments as examples of

change and/or continuity. I would like for students to examine various media examples from the

Civil Rights movement, while examining, students will compare the time in history to our use of

media today. Throughout their research students will identify any repetition, patterns and the

events in history, in which media was used to influence society in a harmful way. They will

search for the who, what, where, when and why. The concept of bullying will be reintroduced in

the project, as students gather enough information to apply to their final presentation, it is a

relatable theme as it is common for students in middle school to experience bullying. The project

aims to raise awareness within the community and the school environment.

Biography:

I am an 8th grade teacher at Marc T. Atkinson Middle School. I graduated from North

High School, received my associate degree at Glendale Community College and completed my

Bachelors in Secondary Education in History at Arizona State University. Marc T. Atkinson

Middle School holds a special place in my heart as I was once a student and had an amazing

experience. The impact I had is something I would like to give back to the students now.

School Narrative:

The goal of the project is to raise awareness to bullying and to encourage those in the

school environment as well as those in the community to become more involved. Marc T

Atkinson sits in the Cartwright School District, the District’s goal is to have more parent

involvement, and through this project I would like it to be an opportunity for more inclusion.
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Standard: Standard Standard: Standard: Standard:
(Continued):
8.C1.3 Analyze 8.C2.2 Explain 8.SP1.3 Evaluate 8.SP1.4 Use
the influence of 8.C1.3 Analyze specific roles, the significance questions
personal the influence of rights and of past events generated about
interests and personal responsibilities and their effect individuals and
perspectives interests and of people in a on students’ groups to
when people perspectives society. lives and analyze why
address issues when people society. they, and the
and problems in address issues developments
government and and problems in Learning they shaped, are
civil society. government and Objective: historically
civil society. Learning significant.
Introducing the Identifying
Objective:
topic section of Introducing the similarities and
the civil rights topic section of differences Cooperative
movement in the civil rights learning
class. movement in Learning
class. Essential Objective:
Question: Essential
Cooperative
Learning Question:
What was learning
Objective: Learning
Summarizing Objective: society like What were the
and Note Taking Summarizing during the civil goals of media
and Note Taking rights during the civil Essential
movement? rights Question:
movement?
Essential How can media
Question: Essential influence
Question: society?
What was the
civil rights Why was the
movement? civil rights
movement
significant?
Learning Learning Learning Learning Learning
Activities Activities Activities Activities Activities
A short video Discussion about In class Introduce Project day #2
will be shown. civil rights readings- fill in project resource and
(pbs or crash movement, blank- readings assignment- info collection
course) further will be given group- create a
informative day presentation-
planning day- Students will be
Introducing the Then teach the I will provide a given time to
subject of the students the reading in class, plan, gather
civil rights major topics and with fill in the evidence, and
movement with knowledge blank sheets to Students will be research from
a crash course needed; make sure paired in 3-4 to reading in the
presentation. throughout my students are create a project class textbook.
Then teach the lesson I will understanding on the subject of
students the provide opp. For readings. the civil rights
major topics and students to movement and
knowledge interact with my how media
needed; lesson on board. influenced
throughout my society.
lesson I will Planning occurs
provide opp. For this day, ideas
students to will be
interact with my presented on
lesson on board. how the group
(cont. into day will answer the
two) question.

Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment

When students When students fill in the blank Students will Questionnaire
interact with the interact with the sheets to make plan their ideas, sheets will be
lesson and or lesson and or sure students feedback and given during
the smart board, the smart board, are guidance will be class to ask
it allows me to it allows me to understanding provided. about their
measure the measure the readings and the process and
class’s class’s knowledge stance, feedback
understanding. understanding. presented. will be given to
(con. Into day (con. Into day These readings help guide for
2). 2). will have the next day
important dates, when computers
events and are given.
people to
remember
similar to a
study sheet)
Technology Technology Technology Technology Technology
Showing the Interacting with Readings Example of Questionnaire
crash course the lesson, on expectations
video. the smart board. (rubric)
Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10
Standard: Standard (cont): Standard (cont.): Standard: Standard (cont.):
8.SP1.4 Use 8.SP1.4 Use 8.SP1.4 Use 8.SP1.1 Analyze 8.SP1.1 Analyze
questions questions questions connections connections
generated about generated about generated about among events among events
individuals and individuals and individuals and and and
groups to groups to groups to developments in developments in
analyze why analyze why analyze why broader broader
they, and the they, and the they, and the historical historical
developments developments developments contexts. contexts.
they shaped, are they shaped, are they shaped, are
historically historically historically
significant. significant. significant. Learning Learning
Objective: Objective:
Questions, Cues,
Questions, Cues,
Learning Learning Learning and Advanced
and Advanced
Objective: Objective: Objective: Organizers
Organizers
Cooperative Cooperative Cooperative
learning learning learning
Essential
Essential
Question:
Question(cont.):
Essential Essential Essential Why was the
Why was the
Question: Question: Question: civil rights
civil rights
movement
What tactics did What was the How did people, movement
significant?
media use to goal of media groups, and or significant?
influence during this media achieve
society? time? their goal?

Learning Learning Learning Learning Learning

Activities Activities Activities Activities Activities
Bring in the Last day to finish Project Reflection and Quiz day
laptops for projects presentations practice before
knowledge a quiz
application and
creating Finalize their
presentation presentations Feedback will be
Presentations
working given and
will occur this
grades, the
 Students will be together. day, timed, and information
given time to applied will be
apply their used as well as
knowledge in the earlier
their reading days.
presentation

Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment

Students will be Their feedback their Their feedback quiz
given time to and questions presentation will and questions
apply their help measure help me help measure
knowledge in their measure their their
their understanding. level of understanding.
presentation understanding

Technology Technology Technology Technology Technology

Computers Computers PowerPoint No tech. other quiz
presentations than my smart
board

Technology:

Utilizing the computers in class when help give students an opportunity, to research additional

information, create the PowerPoint, and apply their knowledge. I feel integrating technology

allows students research different ideas, perspectives and knowledge. It’s important that students

have the opportunity to engage with other perspectives while researching, it allows room for

students to develop their own ideas. I think the most important key to integrating technology is

that it provides access to students who may not have the sources outside of the classroom.

After Proposal Period

I enjoy this project, it allows students to present a interesting and reflective topic. This
can be shown to the district, parents and to the community as the students present their work with

the goal to raise awareness.

Innovation

As the students engages with others in this project their collaboration was key in

completing the task of the assignment. The students utilized tools and applied their knowledge to

engage with others in successfully creating a presentation with all these tools applied.

Budget

The project that I would like my classroom to create is a simple, team building project. My goal

for the project is for students to utilize the information they learn during class and apply it to

their project as they work together with their peers to create a presentation. The knowledge will

be focused on the use of media during the civil rights movement, specifically the power of media

and its intentions. The students will conduct research and present their own empowering versions

of media in their presentation to combat what was presented historically. Refer to Table 1,

further in the document, to see costs and supplies required for the project.

The supplies needed for this assignment are not many nor too expensive. However, the

supplies are simple and helpful for the students to achieve success. I hope the school will provide

lab time and or a computer cart to supply the technology portion of the project. I personally do

mind inputting the costs of paper, notebooks, pens and pencils, it’s not too much out of pocket,

however if we were to get enough donations, we could use more money for more supplies

throughout the school years. The cost of the books and readings for the research portion for my

class is a bit costly, I choose the Donors Choose organization to raise money.
I decided to choose Donors Choose as the site I would display our class project on. I notice I

have an opportunity to present my project, specify the use of these materials, their importance

and even, update the donors on the results of my student’s work. I find this to be an amazing tool

to help classrooms excel and bring outside involvement in the classroom. It is very important for

students to succeed with their supplies however when others come together to help students on

their path, there is an amazing impact.

Table 1

Item # and Cost Where to purchase Funding Source

Paper $45 (5-6pack https://www.staples.com/Staples-1-Subject-Notebook- Donors Choose

8-x-10-1-2-6-Pack/product_201350
notebooks)
Pencils $11 (2- 18 pack) https://www.staples.com/Dixon-Ticonderoga- Donors Choose
Presharpened-2-Pencil-Yellow-18-
Pack/product_731727

Computer Lab (school provides)

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Donors Choose
-Through my eyes- $13 (30 2&keywords=freedom+riders&linkCode=sl1&tag=learnthroulit-
20&linkId=3117da8e4d2ae4445876afb091ef3bed

eyes students) $390 https://www.amazon.com/Through-My-Eyes-Ruby-

Bridges/dp/0590189239/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451500439&sr=1-
-Freedom -Freedom Riders-
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Riders: John $18 (30) $540

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Front Lines of
the Civil Rights
Movement 

The Inquiry-based lesson plan:

Engage
To engage students at the beginning of a lesson, insert video, image,
quote, or another inspirational hook in this box.
The Goal: Reveal Pre-existing ideas, Beliefs, Preconceptions. Pose
questions that students will begin to answer in “Explore”

What do these images mean to you? How do they make you feel?
When seeing these images, what details do you notice? What is the
message the art portrays?

Explore
Curate a collection of resources (articles, videos, infographics, text
excerpts, etc.) for students to explore the topic.
The Goal: Students may be gathering data, sharing ideas, looking for
patterns, making conjectures, and developing further questions and
problem-solving considerations with the use of the information/activity
provided

https://youtu.be/soHn6t_jjIw
I would like to use this TedTalk to introduce the main goal of our PBL
project. Earlier, I engaged my students presenting them images they
may be unfamiliar with, while asking questions. Now, in this step, they
will be presented a broader idea that relates back to them. This is
where the driving question and goal, is “will i make a difference?’

Explain
Use this section to allow students to explain their thinking and move
towards demonstrating mastery of the lesson’s objective.
The Goal: Provide opportunity for students to compare ideas,
construct explanations, justify in terms of observations and/or data
collected in a collaborative large group environment.

After everything, I would like the students to share their feelings,

thoughts and ideas gathered from the videos and images. While sharing
students will have about 10 minutes to discuss, within their groups and
or involving myself for clarification. Not only will they discuss about
what they saw but the will go over how it affects them todays and
explain how this relates to them, to discuss examples, how and why it
relates.

Apply/Elaborate
Use this section for students to apply information from the previous
sections to new circumstances or elaborate on a particular aspect at a
deeper level usually coming in the form of “What if” questions.
The Goal: Allowing students the opportunity to discuss how their
thinking has changed or been solidified.

I would like the students to apply this experience and new knowledge,
into a project that can express their level of understanding. From the
question of “What if there was something we can do? How could we
send the message of our goal?”, he we can come up with ideas and
ways students can express how they’ll reach.

Reflect/Evaluate
Include an opportunity for face-to-face or digital reflection to guide
students along their learning progression, evaluating progress and
setting new goals for continued exploration.
The Goal: Refine initial answer to the “driving question” and reflect
on ideas, goals and beliefs concerning their progress.

I would like to allow the students an opportunity to present their goals

and how they will reach it. For example, they can create their own
form of media expressing how they will make a difference, they can
create their own form of art, video, ad, and or presentation on the
change needed to be made.