Module 1: Stories of Human Rights
Module Focus: Becoming a close reader and writing to learn
Book (s) read for the Module: Esperanza Rising and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (article located in the Reading Folder)
Description: What are human rights, and how do real people and fictional characters respond when those rights are challenged? Students read closely the introduction and selected articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), paired with firsthand accounts of real people facing human rights challenges. They then study Esperanza Rising, applying their new learning about human rights as one lens through which to interpret character and theme.
Vocabulary: All definitions can be found in the Reading Vocabulary Notebook
human rights, dignity, fundamental, participate, entitled, United Nations, vineyard, devious, porcelain, skill, primary source, articulated, summarize, resurrected, premonition, charter, reaffirms+, timeline, conscience, liberty, chronological, adobe, unpredictable, venom, violations
**Please make sure that you have done the required reading and any articles in your reading folder. Bring your reading folder and books for this Module with you for the Exam.
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Module 2: Inventions that Changed People’s Lives
Module Focus: Researching to build knowledge and teaching others
Book(s) read for the Module: Investigating the Scientific Method with Max Axiom, Super Scientist and The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth. Make sure that you review the lessons/articles in your reading folder.
Description: Students learn about new or improved technologies that have been developed to meet societal needs and how those inventions have changed people’s lives. They conduct authentic research to build their own knowledge and teach others through writing. Students read the graphic novel Investigating the Scientific Method with Max Axiom, Super Scientist as well as several informational articles about inventions to write a short opinion paragraph about which of the inventions they learned about has been most important to people and why. Students conclude the module by conducting research about an inventor of their choice.
Vocabulary: All definitions can be found in the Reading Vocabulary Notebook
technologies, engage, support, complex, graphic novel, norms, genre, prediction, levee, overwhelm, affect, structure, synonym, antonym, construct, obstruct, affix, root word, prefix, suffix, paraphrase, societal needs, visual elements, effect, scientific method
**Please make sure that you have done the required reading and any articles in your reading folder. Bring your reading folder and books for this Module with you for the Exam.
