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Launch
Students will launch the yearlong investigation by experiencing fairness challenges, building background with maps, books, artifacts, and multilingual stories, and generating evidence-based questions about world communities and community needs.
Days 1 - 8
🏃 Fairness First Field Day
Launch 35m
🗺️ Three Communities Map Hunt
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
📚 Library Inquiry Circle Baskets
Research 35m
🧭 Artifact Clues Gallery Walk
Community Experience 35m
🗣️ Greetings, Stories, and Songs
Community Experience 35m
✏️ Strong Questions With Evidence
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
📓 Investigation Notebook Setup
Deliverable 35m
✅ Entry Questions and Fairness Check
Assessment 35m
Fairness First Launch
Students will investigate fairness questions that grew out of earlier team challenges, study how questions and hypotheses work in social studies inquiry, use maps, images, books, and community voices to compare possible lines of investigation, and refine one clear class question with an initial evidence-based hypothesis about how communities can work together to make life better for everyone.
Days 9 - 21
🧩 Fairness Challenge Evidence Sort
Launch 35m
🗺️ Map Clues and Community Questions
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
📚 Library Inquiry Circle Books
Research 35m
🗣️ Greetings, Stories, and Songs
Community Experience 35m
🔎 Strong Questions Mini-Lesson
Knowledge/Skill Building 30m
✏️ Question Draft Cards
Deliverable 35m
🔁 Two-Peer Question Feedback
Project Work 35m
🏛️ Artifact Gallery Fairness Notes
Community Experience 35m
💡 Hypothesis Frames with Evidence
Knowledge/Skill Building 30m
🛠️ Fairness Need Idea Sort
Project Work 35m
📝 Class Question and Hypothesis Conference
Deliverable 35m
✅ Investigation Readiness Check
Assessment 35m
💬 Thinking Change Pair Share
Project Work 20m
Research & Plan
Students will compare research methods, practice using maps, books, artifacts, and interview notes as evidence, and build a question-and-evidence plan that shows how they will investigate their fairness hypothesis across world communities.
Days 22 - 34
🧭 Question-to-Evidence Map
Launch 35m
🗺️ Map Clues for Community Questions
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
📚 Library Source Hunt Notes
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
🏺 Artifact Talk and Label Drafts
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
🎤 Interview Questions for Guests
Project Work 35m
📝 Partner Note-Catcher Practice
Knowledge/Skill Building 30m
🧩 Investigation Plan Draft
Deliverable 35m
🔄 Evidence Plan Peer Review
Project Work 35m
🌍 Culture and Fairness Source Match
Research 35m
🚚 Goods, Services, and Trade Clues
Research 35m
🌿 Environment Evidence Planning
Project Work 30m
✅ Method Check Conference
Assessment 40m
📂 Final Question-and-Evidence Plan
Deliverable 40m
Collect & Document
Students will gather evidence from books, maps, artifacts, photographs, interviews, and community partners; record where each source came from; and organize notes in a clear investigation record that can be used in the next phase to compare communities and support claims.
Days 35 - 47
🗂️ Source Log and Evidence Tags
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
🗺️ Library Map and Text Hunt
Research 35m
🖼️ Museum Object Note Practice
Knowledge/Skill Building 30m
🏛️ Walking Gallery Evidence Capture
Community Experience 35m
🎤 Greeting and Story Interview Prep
Knowledge/Skill Building 25m
🌍 Multilingual Guest Interviews
Community Experience 35m
📚 Inquiry Circle Evidence Round
Research 35m
🧾 Artifact Station Labels Draft
Deliverable 30m
🤝 Two-Peer Label Feedback
Project Work 30m
🎒 Multicultural Artifact Stations
Community Experience 35m
🌱 Environment and Trade Notes
Research 35m
📂 Investigation Notebook Checkpoint
Assessment 30m
💬 Fairness and Teamwork Pair Share
Project Work 20m
Analyze & Visualize
Students will analyze evidence from maps, artifacts, books, photographs, interviews, and partner visits; organize findings across three world communities; create simple charts, graphs, and comparison maps; test emerging explanations with peers; and revise their claims before moving to final conclusions and action-storytelling work.
Days 48 - 60
🧭 Evidence Sorting With Community Sources
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
📊 Bar Graphs From Interview Notes
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
🗺️ Comparison Maps and Resource Keys
Knowledge/Skill Building 30m
🧩 Pattern Hunt in Inquiry Circles
Research 35m
📝 Claim Cards for Fairness and Community Life
Deliverable 35m
💬 Two-Peer Feedback on Claim Cards
Project Work 35m
🌍 Multilingual Traditions Data Wall
Research 30m
🏭 Goods, Services, and Trade Flow Charts
Project Work 35m
🌱 Environment Cause-Effect Sketch Notes
Project Work 30m
🧪 Museum Gallery Walk Evidence Check
Deliverable 35m
✏️ Revised Comparison Claims Conference
Assessment 35m
🤝 Nonprofit Need-and-Action Pattern Sort
Community Experience 35m
📁 Analysis Notebook Milestone Check
Assessment 35m
Conclude & Showcase
Students will turn analyzed evidence into clear conclusions, explain limits in their investigation, revise claims and display materials through peer and partner feedback, and prepare polished public-facing pieces for the Fairness in Action Expo.
Days 61 - 72
🧭 Claim and Evidence Mini-Book
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
📚 Library Source Check
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
🗣️ Fairness Words Rehearsal
Knowledge/Skill Building 25m
✍️ Conclusion Notebook Pages
Deliverable 35m
🔁 Two-Peer Feedback Carousel
Project Work 35m
🛠️ Class Action Display Build
Project Work 35m
🤝 Nonprofit Feedback Tuning
Community Experience 35m
📝 Revision Sprint and Captions
Deliverable 35m
🎤 Docent Talk Practice
Project Work 35m
✅ Expo Readiness Check
Assessment 35m
Showcase
Students will present their investigation findings and class action work to families and community partners, respond to audience questions with evidence, gather and use feedback to strengthen their display and speaking, and complete a final reflection portfolio showing growth in comparing world communities, understanding fairness, and working with others.
Days 73 - 80
🗣️ Expo Talk Run-Through
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
📝 Caption and Portfolio Check
Deliverable 35m
🤝 Two-Peer Feedback Carousel
Project Work 35m
🌍 Multilingual Welcome Practice
Knowledge/Skill Building 30m
🎪 Fairness in Action Expo
Assessment 35m
📬 Visitor Feedback Sort
Research 35m
🪞 Reflection Portfolio Conference
Assessment 40m
💌 Thank-You Letters and Audio Messages
Community Experience 35m