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Report for Duty or Resist?

Establish and apply guidelines for evaluating individual or collective civic action during times of conflict.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 30-1

Specific Outcome 4.1 - Students will appreciate the relationship between citizenship and leadership (C, I)
Specific Outcome 4.3 - Students will accept responsibilities associated with individual and collective citizenship (C, GC)
Specific Outcome 4.5 - Students will explore how ideologies shape individual and collective citizenship (C, PADM, GC)
Specific Outcome 4.6 - Students will analyze perspectives on the rights, roles and responsibilities of the individual in a democratic society (respect for law and order, dissent, civility, political participation, citizen advocacy) (C, PADM, ER)
Specific Outcome 4.7 - Students will analyze perspectives on the rights, roles and responsibilities of the individual during times of conflict (humanitarian crises, civil rights movements, antiwar movements, McCarthyism, pro-democracy movements, contemporary examples) (C, PADM, GC)
Specific Outcome 4.8 - Students will evaluate the extent to which ideology should shape responses to contemporary issues (I, C, GC)
Specific Outcome 4.10 - Students will explore opportunities to demonstrate active and responsible citizenship through individual and collective action (C, GC)
Specific Outcome S.1.1 - Students will evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.2 - Students will determine relationships among multiple and varied sources of information
Specific Outcome S.1.3 - Students will assess the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability
Specific Outcome S.1.5 - Students will evaluate personal assumptions and opinions to develop an expanded appreciation of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome S.1.6 - Students will synthesize information from contemporary and historical issues to develop an informed position
Specific Outcome S.1.7 - Students will evaluate the logic of assumptions underlying a position
Specific Outcome S.1.8 - Students will assemble seemingly unrelated information to support an idea or to explain an event
Specific Outcome S.1.9 - Students will analyze current affairs from a variety of perspectives
Specific Outcome S.2.1 - Students will analyze multiple historical and contemporary perspectives within and across cultures
Specific Outcome S.2.2 - Students will analyze connections among patterns of historical change by identifying cause and effect relationships
Specific Outcome S.2.3 - Students will compare similarities and differences among historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.7 - Students will develop a reasoned position that is informed by historical and contemporary evidence
Specific Outcome S.4.1 - Students will demonstrate leadership in groups to achieve consensus, solve problems, formulate positions and take action, if appropriate, on important issues
Specific Outcome S.5.1 - Students will demonstrate leadership by initiating and employing various strategies to resolve conflicts peacefully and equitably
Specific Outcome S.5.2 - Students will participate in persuading, compromising and negotiating to resolve conflicts and differences
Specific Outcome S.5.5 - Students will respect the needs and perspectives of others
Specific Outcome S.5.6 - Students will collaborate in groups to solve problems
Specific Outcome S.6.2 - Students will acknowledge the importance of multiple perspectives in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.7.1 - Students will develop, express and defend an informed position on an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.2 - Students will reflect on changes of perspective or opinion based on information gathered and research conducted
Specific Outcome S.7.3 - Students will draw pertinent conclusions based on evidence derived from research
Specific Outcome S.7.5 - Students will consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied viewpoints on particular issues
Specific Outcome S.7.6 - Students will integrate and synthesize argumentation and evidence to provide an informed opinion on a research question or an issue of inquiry
Specific Outcome S.7.7 - Students will develop, refine and apply questions to address an issue
Specific Outcome S.8.1 - Students will communicate effectively to express a point of view in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.5 - Students will use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
Specific Outcome S.9.1 - Students will assess the authority, reliability and validity of electronically accessed information
Specific Outcome S.9.2 - Students will evaluate the validity of various points of view presented in the media
Specific Outcome S.9.3 - Students will appraise information from multiple sources, evaluating each source in terms of the author's perspective or bias and use of evidence
Specific Outcome S.9.4 - Students will analyze the impact of various forms of media, identifying complexities and discrepancies in the information and making distinctions between sound generalizations and misleading oversimplification
Specific Outcome S.9.5 - Students will demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information that is relevant to a particular topic

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 30-2

Specific Outcome 4.1 - Students will appreciate the relationship between citizenship and leadership (C, I)
Specific Outcome 4.3 - Students will accept responsibilities associated with individual and collective citizenship (C, GC)
Specific Outcome 4.4 - Students will explore how ideologies shape individual and collective citizenship (C, PADM, GC)
Specific Outcome 4.5 - Students will examine perspectives on the rights, roles and responsibilities of the individual in a democratic society (respect for law and order, protest, civil disobedience, political participation) (C, PADM, ER)
Specific Outcome 4.6 - Students will examine perspectives on the rights, roles and responsibilities of the individual during times of conflict (humanitarian crises, antiwar movements, pro-democracy movements, contemporary examples) (C, PADM, GC)
Specific Outcome 4.9 - Students will explore opportunities to demonstrate active and responsible citizenship through individual and collective action (C, GC)
Specific Outcome S.1.1 - Students will analyze ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.2 - Students will determine relationships among multiple sources of information
Specific Outcome S.1.3 - Students will determine the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability
Specific Outcome S.1.5 - Students will evaluate personal assumptions and opinions
Specific Outcome S.1.6 - Students will determine the strengths and weaknesses of arguments
Specific Outcome S.1.7 - Students will identify seemingly unrelated ideas to explain a concept or event
Specific Outcome S.1.8 - Students will analyze current affairs from a variety of perspectives
Specific Outcome S.2.1 - Students will understand diverse historical and contemporary perspectives within and across cultures
Specific Outcome S.2.3 - Students will compare and contrast historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.4.1 - Students will demonstrate skills needed to reach consensus, solve problems and formulate positions
Specific Outcome S.4.2 - Students will use inquiry processes to make decisions and solve problems
Specific Outcome S.5.1 - Students will demonstrate leadership by persuading, compromising and negotiating to resolve conflicts and differences
Specific Outcome S.5.4 - Students will consider the points of view and perspectives of others
Specific Outcome S.5.5 - Students will identify and use a variety of strategies to resolve conflicts peacefully and equitably
Specific Outcome S.5.6 - Students will demonstrate cooperativeness in groups to solve problems
Specific Outcome S.6.2 - Students will promote and respect the contributions of team members when working as a team
Specific Outcome S.6.3 - Students will cooperate with others for the well-being of the community
Specific Outcome S.7.1 - Students will develop and express an informed position on an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.2 - Students will develop conclusions based on evidence gathered through research of a wide variety of sources
Specific Outcome S.7.4 - Students will consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied viewpoints on particular issues
Specific Outcome S.7.5 - Students will revise questions on an issue as new information becomes available
Specific Outcome S.7.6 - Students will select relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.8.1 - Students will communicate effectively in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.3 - Students will use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
Specific Outcome S.8.5 - Students will make respectful and reasoned comments on the topic of discussion
Specific Outcome S.9.1 - Students will assess the authority, reliability and validity of electronically accessed information
Specific Outcome S.9.2 - Students will analyze the validity of various points of view in media messages
Specific Outcome S.9.3 - Students will analyze information from multiple sources, evaluating each source in terms of the author's perspective or bias and use of evidence
Specific Outcome S.9.4 - Students will analyze the impact of various forms of media
Specific Outcome S.9.5 - Students will demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information
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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