Week 1: We will begin with the Prologue and early cave scenes from Wings of Fire. Establish discussion norms, practice equity-center protocols, learn key vocabulary, create power maps, and write a first reflection about who has power and how that power is used.
Week 2: Analyze Authority, confinement, and the threat to Glory; Connect these ideas to Antigone and Cincinnatus; Write a private character letter.
Week 3: Study Queen's scarlet, spectacle, umpire, and the language of power; Introduced systems thinking through Tacitus and The Red Deal; draft a petition or collective statement.
Week 4: Compare forms of resistance through Walker, Toussaint Louverture, and John Lewis. Plan and draft the public appeal or resistance letter; conduct peer review and teacher conferences.
Week 5: Revise, edit, publish, and rehearse final letters; hold the Dragon Council and gallery walk; complete the final reflection and self-assessment.
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