Democracy in Theory and Practice

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.03.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Foundation
  3. Five Objectives and Five Activities
  4. Resources
  5. Appendices
  6. Notes

Our Spiritual Strivings: Understanding African American Identities in a Conflicted American Democracy

Jesse Senechal

Published September 2008

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Appendices

Appendix A: Virginia Standards of Learning for Activity 1

11.1 The student will make informative and persuasive presentations. Support and defend ideas in public forums.

11.4 The student will read and analyze a variety of informational materials. Use information from texts to clarify or refine understanding of academic concepts.

Appendix B: Virginia Standards of Learning for Activity 2

11.1 The student will make informative and persuasive presentations. Support and defend ideas in public forums.

11.3 The student will read and analyze relationships among American literature, history, and culture.

11.7 The student will write in a variety of forms, with an emphasis on persuasion.

Appendix C: Virginia Standards of Learning for Activity 3

11.3 The student will read and analyze relationships among American literature, history, and culture.

11.7 The student will write in a variety of forms, with an emphasis on persuasion.

11.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraphing.

11.10 The student will analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and organize information from a

variety of sources to produce a research product.

Appendix D: Virginia Standards of Learning for Activity 4

11.1 The student will make informative and persuasive presentations.

11.3 The student will read and analyze relationships among American literature, history, and culture.

11.4 The student will read and analyze a variety of informational materials.

11.5 The student will read and critique a variety of poetry.

11.7 The student will write in a variety of forms, with an emphasis on persuasion.

11.10 The student will analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and organize information from a

variety of sources to produce a research product.

Appendix E: Virginia Standards of Learning for Activity 5

11.1 The student will make informative and persuasive presentations.

11.7 The student will write in a variety of forms, with an emphasis on persuasion.

11.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraphing.

11.9The student will write, revise, and edit personal, professional, and informational

correspondence to a standard acceptable in the workplace and higher education.

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