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Stepping into the Picture

Bring a picture to life by scripting a plausible conversation between ancient Athenians or members of the Iroquois Confederacy that accurately reflects the relationship between their values and their model of government.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 6.2.1 - Students will appreciate the relationship between the values of a society and the model of government adopted within a society (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.2.2 - Students will value the role of participation by citizens in diverse democratic societies (C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.2.3.3 - How did identity, status and class structure impact citizenship in ancient Athens? (C, I)
Specific Outcome 6.2.3.4 - How did the social structure of ancient Athens impact its political structure? (CC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.2.4.2 - What was the role and status of women within the Iroquois Confederacy? (I, PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.2.4.6 - How did the social structure of the Iroquois Confederacy impact its political structure? (CC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.S.1.4 - Students will generate original ideas and strategies in individual and group activities
Specific Outcome 6.S.2.3 - Students will explain the historical contexts of key events of a given time period
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.1 - Students will propose and apply new ideas, strategies and options, supported with facts and reasons, to contribute to decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.3 - Students will collaborate with others to devise strategies for dealing with problems and issues
Specific Outcome 6.S.5.2 - Students will work collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal
Specific Outcome 6.S.7.4 - Students will draw and support conclusions based on information gathered to answer a research question
Specific Outcome 6.S.7.8 - Students will access and retrieve appropriate information from the Internet by using a specific search path or from given uniform resource locators (URLs)
Specific Outcome 6.S.8.2 - Students will express reasons for their ideas and opinions, in oral or written form
Specific Outcome 6.S.8.5 - Students will listen to others to understand their perspectives
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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