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Launch
Students will launch the community proposal project by examining local Madera issues through identity, privilege, and power, practicing early source analysis, and selecting a community problem they want to investigate. They will build shared vocabulary, test initial ideas with peers, and complete a short milestone that identifies an arguable issue, relevant stakeholders, and a first evidence-based rationale for why the issue matters.
Days 1 - 4
🗺️ Madera Story Map Walk
Launch 45m
🧭 Identity, Power, and Stakeholders
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📚 Source Credibility and Issue Log
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📝 Community Issue Pitch
Assessment 45m
Take a Position
Students will test an early stance on who should have greater influence in addressing a Madera community issue by analyzing identity, privilege, and power, weighing competing perspectives, and writing an initial argument they will revise with later evidence.
Days 5 - 11
🗺️ Madera Power Claim Lineup
Launch 45m
📚 Privilege and Stakeholder Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🧭 CER Frames for Community Claims
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🔍 Debate Evidence Log Setup
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🗣️ Fishbowl on Local Decision Power
Project Work 50m
📝 Initial Proposal Position Draft
Deliverable 45m
🔁 Peer Critique and Revision Notes
Assessment 45m
Sort Evidence Strength
Students will sort their Madera issue evidence by strength, relevance, and credibility; test their initial claim against competing perspectives; identify the strongest counterevidence; and explain how identity, privilege, and power shape which evidence matters most before moving into formal proposal drafting.
Days 19 - 24
🧭 Claim Stress Test Sort
Launch 40m
📊 Credibility Ladder for Madera Sources
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
⚖️ Counterevidence and Stakeholder Lens
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🗂️ Evidence Grid and Warrant Notes
Project Work 50m
💬 Two-Peer Evidence Clinic
Deliverable 45m
🧾 Evidence Strength Conference
Assessment 45m
Build Argument Structure
Students will organize their researched evidence into a defensible community proposal argument, draft claims and sub-claims, explain warrants that connect evidence to reasoning, and strengthen their writing through counterargument analysis, peer critique, and revision.
Days 25 - 30
🧭 Proposal Claim Ladder
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🔗 Evidence-to-Warrant Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
⚖️ Counterclaim and Rebuttal Build
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
📝 Community Proposal Brief Draft
Deliverable 50m
💬 Two-Peer Logic Check
Project Work 45m
✅ Proposal Brief Milestone
Assessment 45m
Rehearse Public Defense
Students will strengthen their community proposals for public defense by tightening evidence use, polishing citations, revising from peer critique, and rehearsing how to answer challenges with clear reasoning. Across the phase, they will refine both their written brief and team presentation so they can defend claims about identity, privilege, power, and community need with credible local evidence.
Days 31 - 36
🧭 Defense Moves With Evidence Cards
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
📝 Citation Polish And Media Check
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
💬 Proposal Critique Protocol
Deliverable 45m
🔧 Brief And Slides Revision Sprint
Project Work 50m
🎤 Hot Seat Defense Round
Project Work 45m
✅ Proposal Defense Readiness Check
Assessment 45m
Showcase
Students will present their finalized Madera community proposals to an authentic audience, defend their reasoning with local evidence, respond to questions and critique, and document how feedback and reflection shape their next steps as researchers, writers, and community problem-solvers.
Days 37 - 40
🗂️ Showcase Panel Run Sheet
Deliverable 30m
🗣️ Madera Change Showcase
Assessment 90m
📝 Proposal Brief Final Submission
Assessment 30m
🔄 Feedback to Action Memo
Deliverable 30m
Gather Diverse Evidence
Students will gather and test evidence for a chosen Madera issue by locating data, testimonials, and print or media sources; documenting central ideas, credibility, bias, and limits; comparing confirming and disconfirming evidence; and revising their evidence set through peer and teacher feedback before moving into argument building.
Days 12 - 18
🧭 Madera source credibility mini-lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📚 Madera issue source hunt
Research 45m
📝 Central ideas and bias notes
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📊 Evidence log peer swap
Deliverable 45m
🗺️ Stakeholder evidence map
Project Work 45m
🔍 Confirming and challenging evidence sort
Research 45m
✅ Evidence portfolio checkpoint
Assessment 45m