Essential questions for the English skills that will be of focus throughout the project:

1.  Why do we write?

2.  Who is the audience?

3.  Why is it important to understand the structure of a sentence?

4.  How do fragments affect my writing?

5.  How can I prevent run-on sentences and comma splices in my written communication?

6.  How do I write complex sentences?

7.  How can I solve a problem and effectively communicate the solution?

8.  How do I ask good questions?

9.  How can I be an effective member of a team?

What are Civil Rights?  Brainstorm with your group a list of rights that you have as a citizen of a democratic society.

Everyone is guaranteed certain unalienable rights. These enforceable rights, or privileges, are referred to as civil rights. When ever these rights are denied due to membership in a particular group or class, it is defined as discrimination. Statutes have been enacted to prevent discrimination based on a person's race, color, gender, religion, age, disability, and national origin.

In the reflection section of your spiral, answer the following question:  How would you define fairness in your life?

Guiding Question:  What can I learn from the past civil rights struggles to help resolve current issues that still exist today?

Brainstorming

Click on the link to view the YouTube and United Streaming videos.  In the Thinking Routines section of your spiral, head your paper and label your activity as "Inquiring minds want to know."  Don't forget to add a headline at the top.  View at least two videos for each area of the civil rights movements: race (Native American & African American), disability, age, and women.  Write at least two  questions for each video that you would like to further explore.  You will view a minimum of 8 videos and will formulate at least 16 questions. 

Interest-Based Groups

The students were grouped according to interest after gaining some background knowledge about the civil rights movements involving age, race, disability, and gender. 

The study of a sentence

We will be studying the sentence over the course of the fairness project.  Mini lessons will be taught using the notes from the Slideshare and the skills will be applied through the various writing assignments that are relevant to their project. 

Research

Problem-Solving