Overview of the unit

US History: Politics, Policy and Propaganda

Purpose of unit:
Research historical decisions and write an argument that defends or refutes the decision.

Standards you must meet

RI.8.1: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

RI.8.2: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

W.8.1: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence

W.8.7: Conduct short research projects to answer a question

RI.8.7: Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea

RI.8.9: Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.

POLICY
PROPAGANDA
OPPOSING ARGUMENT
POINT-OF-VIEW

SOURCES
CONCRETE DETAIL
CLAIMS
ADVERTISING
POLITICS
MEDIA

CENTRAL IDEA
COHERENT
CITE
CREDIBILITY
DETERMINE

IRRELEVANT
GENERATE
INFER
EVIDENCE
SUMMARY

TASKS in UNIT

• Analyze political media/ write response
• Close read opposing texts/ write response
• Research and write argumentative paper
• Create propaganda from argument paper
• Presentations
• FINAL