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    Heroes/Morality Unit: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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    This document outlines a week-long unit plan on heroes and morality for a classroom. It includes daily lessons, assignments, and activities such as writing prompts, group discussions, debates and a final persuasive paper arguing whether commonly held heroes or villains are misunderstood. Key lessons include analyzing characteristics of heroes and villains, exploring different perspectives on stories, discussing morality and examining controversial moral issues. Students work individually and collaboratively throughout the unit.

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    This document outlines a week-long unit plan on heroes and morality for a classroom. It includes daily lessons, assignments, and activities such as writing prompts, group discussions, debates and a final persuasive paper arguing whether commonly held heroes or villains are misunderstood. Key lessons include analyzing characteristics of heroes and villains, exploring different perspectives on stories, discussing morality and examining controversial moral issues. Students work individually and collaboratively throughout the unit.

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    Heroes/Morality Unit: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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    Heroes/Morality Unit

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Wrap up prior unit Give pre-test on morality/heroic terms Evaluate over weekend and adjust Teach Lesson 11 Do quick write: Hero in your life Students get in groups to discuss/Share Create lists of characteristics for hero/villain Assign: Writing Prompt 1 2 Collect: Writing Prompt 1 response Review lists from yesterday Read Three Little Pigs Show students how to redefine who plays the role of hero/villain in stories Show how to do this with Three Little Pigs Assign: Brainstorm a story they could do this with Group work: How are you going to switch the roles? Individual work: Begin writing explanation/defense of your role switches in the story. Assign: Finish writing assignment Put Three Little Pigs example on the overhead Sharing whip: What story did you choose? 3 Set copies of Wicked and Wizard of Oz Overview of stories: discuss how the two show different sides of one story The villain can become the victim Explain writing assignment: Students write their own fictional story including a hero (23 pages) Assign: Work on story 4 5 Collect: Writing Assignment/Explanation From Wednesday Group work: share your story plot and the characters with your group give one get one. Peer review on progress. Continue work on your piece using input from the group. Assign: Finish the story for Monday bring 2 copies

    6 Collect: Written stories Explain future assignment: Students will rewrite stories from a different perspective Through this they will change the readers understanding of a character (the villain or the hero) Group work: read each others stories, offer ideas on how to re-write the story effectively Assign: Article on Infanticide and Honor Killings Assign: Re-write of story due next Monday

    7 Introduce Morality: Are our morals consistent? Where do our morals come from? Can you defend your moral decisions? Challenge answers with examples Discuss Articles Are these things justifiable? WHY? Exit Slip: What did your article offer to your understanding of these cultures? (hand in with article) Assign: Find one article supporting or defending a moral dilemma such as this

    8 Split class into groups (3) depending on article topic Group Time: Share your article Explain why you picked your topic Do you support it or not? Why? DISCUSS Group Quick Write: As a group write a synthesis statement about the topic in your group and how it relates to our idea of morality Sharing Whip: Each group shares their statement. Exit Slip: How did your article influence your understanding of your chosen moral dilemma? (hand in with article) Reminder: Work on story re-write!!

    Teach Lesson 2 9 Activity: Begin debate on infanticide Quick write: Infanticide Lecture: Debate set-up Intro : 3 min Rebuttal: 2 min each side Rebuttal 2 min each side Closing: 3 min Split kids into pro-con For 2 debates Group work to prepare for debate Assign: Individual brainstorming for debate material Lecture: Forming a convincing argument claim support rebuttal conclusion Example: arguing for honor killings

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    Group work: Prepare for debate (lots of time to do this) Reminder: Debate AND story re-write due Monday!!

    11 Collect: Re-write of Story DEBATE DAY Debate 1: inuit infanticide, Debate 2: general infanticide Hand out peer review sheets for students to fill out while watching other debate Exit Slip: What did you learn about your own debate while watching the other debate? Assign: e-mail in peer review of group

    12 Quick write: How does morality play into your understanding of our view of heroes/villains? TTYPS Group discussion: Is there a definite line for morals/what is right or wrong? How do you feel about the morals you hold now? Is this applicable to every day life? How? Assign: brainstorm a list of 5-6 heroes/villains that you think are misunderstood by the general public (a hero who is a villain or a villain who is really a hero)

    Lesson 3 13 TTYPS: discuss the list you created and share your rationale for your choices. Lecture: Writing a persuasive paper Similar to a debate Claim Support Rebuttal Conclusion Importance of word choice Citing/Quoting appropriately Individual work: Work on creating an outline for paper Group Time: Share progress with group Assign: Finish the outline for tomorrow

    14 Finish outline if not done Begin work on paper on computers if available or on paper if necessary Group work: Peer review of what is written halfway through class Assign: Finish paper for tomorrow.

    15 Whole Class: Students who want to can read their paper or share their topic with the class Class Discussion: What did you learn while writing this paper? Was it hard to see someone who is held as a hero or villain differently? Did you make any connections between this paper and your life? 5-10 minute fun debates: tape line across classroom, students can move between sides as their minds change. Follow previous debate layout, debate following characters: Superman Spiderman Cruella deville Peter Pan Geppetto

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