Literature and Information

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 15.01.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Demographics
  4. Objectives
  5. Content
  6. Teaching Strategies
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Common Core Standards
  9. Notes
  10. Further Resources

Helping Students

Luke Holm

Published September 2015

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Notes

  1. beyond the pale. (n.d.) The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. (2003, 1997). Retrieved July 8 2015 from http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/beyond+the+pale
  2. Fleischman, Paul. Eyes Wide Open: Going behind the Environmental Headlines. Candlewick Press, 2015.
  3. Le Guin, Ursela. "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.” http://engl210-deykute.wikispaces.umb.edu/file/view/omelas.pdf.
  4. "The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking." Global Digital Citizen Foundation. October 3, 2014.
  5. See the “Critical Thinking Lesson” in the “Activities” section for an engaging introduction on critical thinking.
  6. "Walker Middle School Socratic Seminar." YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pGVR6ZF_2M.
  7. "Jim Gaffigan Bottled Water." YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2mdFB7UTqc.
  8. "7 Billion: How Did We Get So Big So Fast?" YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcSX4ytEfcE.
  9. "Discovered the Smallpox Vaccine--The Very First Vaccine." Science Heroes. http://www.scienceheroes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=240&Itemid=216.
  10. "Population and Energy Consumption." http://public.wsu.edu/~mreed/380American Consumption.htm.
  11. Regis, Ed. "The Doom Slayer." February 1, 1997. http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/5.02/ffsimon_pr.html.
  12. Fleischman, Paul. Eyes Wide Open. 114.
  13. "With Large Oil Reserve, California Faces Fracking Debate." QUEST. Accessed July 11, 2015. http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/with-large-oil-reserve-california-faces-fracking-debate/.
  14. Thank You For Smoking. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006. DVD.
  15. Kenner, Robert. "Food Inc - Full Movie [Full Episode]." YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Ltaxr_BWk.
  16. Pollan, Michael. "Power Steer." The New York Times. March 30, 2002. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/magazine/power-steer.html.
  17. Gore, Al. "Full An Inconvenient Truth Movie 2006." YouTube. 2006. Accessed July 11, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=141FovBFEtw.
  18. "Psychology And Advertising.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC7VLjIw8hY.“The Secret Science of Advertising.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJffi1TgM2M.
  19. "Edward Bernays 1: Torches of Freedom." YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=druOAHVKHCQ.
  20. Ash, Kyle. "“Clean Coal” Pumps up “Green Oil”." Greenpeace Blogs RSS.
  21. Green, John. "Where US Politics Came From: Crash Course US History #9." YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r161cLYzuDI.
  22. Dykstra, Peter. "Analysis: 35 Years Later, Jimmy Carter's Energy Warning." The Daily Climate. http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2014/07/carter-crisis-speech-anniversary.
  23. Green, John. "Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33." YouTube. Accessed July 12, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3u4EFTwprM.
  24. "Without Saying a Word This 7 Minute Short Film Will Make You Speechless." YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6-UWyze0Cs.
  25. LegGuin, Ursula. “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.” 1973. http://engl210-deykute.wikispaces.umb.edu/file/view/omelas.pdf.
  26. Brooks, David. “The Child in the Basement.” The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/13/opinion/dave-brooks-the-child-in-the-basement.html?_r=0.
  27. “Rob Hopkins: Transition to a World Without Oil.”YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8meWY0W40OA.
  28. "Peak Oil - Visually Explained." YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHKp5vF_VoE.
  29. "The Future of Renewable Energy: Quayle Hodek at TEDxMaui 2013." YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEWYLbQXg4U.
  30. “The Farm’s Ecovillage Tour.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT6NIj4kEbQ.
  31. Thoreau, Henry David. “Civil Disobedience.” http://www.thoreau-online.org/civil-disobedience.html.
  32. “The Story of Stuff.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM.
  33. “Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXmnBbUjsPs&list=PLQ9B-p5Q-YOMb1v-pFeOdZ7ZCPFQEInt9
  34. "Worldometers - Real Time World Statistics." Worldometers.
  35. “Dear Future Generations: Sorry.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRLJscAlk1M.
  36. “Meet Mick Dodge.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o7UzYDQtmM.
  37. Chief Seattle. “Litany Prayer.”
  38. "K-W-L (Know, Want to Know, Learned)." Rss. http://www.nea.org/tools/k-w-l-know-want-to-know-learned.html.
  39. "Using the Think-Pair-Share Technique - ReadWriteThink." Readwritethink.org.
  40. "Socratic Seminars - ReadWriteThink." Readwritethink.org
  41. Gotye’s Eyes Wide Open http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/gotye/eyeswideopen.html
  42. Gotye’s “Eyes Wide Open”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyVJsg0XIIk
  43. Excerpt from How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
  44. “Why Reading Nonfiction is Important” by Beth Newingham (Scholastic.com)
  45. “English Professor Realizes that Students Will Believe Literally Anything She Says” by The Onion
  46. “Why is Nonfiction Reading Important for Kids?” by blogger Alice Bouis.
  47. "A Climate for Change: The Country's Sinking Debate over Global Warming." Washington Post. August 24, 2014. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-countrys-sinking-climate-debate/2014/08/24/d4d4aeca-29ff-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html.
  48. Costello, Carol. "Opinion: Why Are We Still Debating Climate Change? - CNN.com." CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/24/opinion/costello-debate-climate-change/.
  49. “Is Human Activity Primarily Responsible for Global Climate Change?” ProCon. http://climatechange.procon.org/.
  50. Nordhaus, William. “Why The Global Warming Skeptics Are Wrong.” NewYorkReviewBooks. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/mar/22/why-global-warming-skeptics-are-wrong/.
  51. “Sorry Global Warming Alarmists, The Earth is Cooling.” Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2012/05/31/sorry-global-warming-alarmists-the-earth-is-cooling/.
  52. “What Nordhaus Gets Wrong About Climate Change.” IER. http://instituteforenergyresearch.org/analysis/what-nordhaus-gets-wrong/.

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