Learning Goals
Students will be able to formulate an investigable question about the 2008 presidential election and its issues by selecting a focused topic, audience perspective, and evidence base.
Students will be able to evaluate and select credible sources on the 2008 presidential election by comparing speeches, debate excerpts, campaign ads, headlines, and secondary accounts for relevance, purpose, and reliability.
Students will be able to analyze patterns in evidence about the 2008 presidential election by identifying recurring issues, contrasting perspectives, and significant anomalies across sources.
Students will be able to justify dramatic choices for an original play about the 2008 presidential election by linking character, conflict, structure, and setting to researched evidence.
Students will be able to interpret how staging and production choices shape audience meaning by comparing a live play, a Shakespeare work, and an American drama.
Students will be able to revise scene drafts and rehearsal scripts through critique by incorporating feedback from peers, the playwright, and the youth voting organization.
Students will be able to present a staged reading and talkback for a public audience by delivering lines, using production choices, and responding to questions about the election and its significance.
Products
2008 Election Research Notebook and Investigation Record
Students maintain an inquiry notebook that documents their question development, source selection, notes, evidence analysis, and personal reflections on how the 2008 election can be dramatized. The notebook shows individual mastery of research, interpretation, and methodological decision-making.
Original Ensemble Play and Public Staged Reading on the 2008 Presidential Election
Teams produce and perform an original play that transforms research into dramatic scenes for a public staged reading and talkback. The script and performance must show collaborative synthesis of evidence, clear staging choices, and an explicit interpretation of why the election matters.
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