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Cou= rse: FLEX – Enrichment – Ei= ghth Grade – “Debate at Sen= eca Fall & Women’s Rights Firsts”

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U= nit or General Topic, Theme, or Content Focus

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S= pecific Topics, Themes, or Content Focus

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S= kills Focus

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E= ssential Questions & Enduring Understandings

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P= ossible Lessons, Projects, Assessments

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A= ligned Illinois Learn= ing Standards, Performance Descriptors, & Assessment Frameworks

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I= nterdisciplinary Connections

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D= ifferentiation Suggestions

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D= ebate At Seneca Falls

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W= omen’s Rights Firsts

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T= he unit objective is to have students investigate the reasons women held the first women’s rights convention, recognize how long it took to actually achieve many of these rights, and give their viewpoint as to whether these rights have been fully realized.

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Students will apply their knowledge of the Sen= eca Falls Convention to the present day political situation of women’s equal rights. Students will celebrate selected Women’s Rights First= s.

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“Debate At Seneca Falls” curricular materi= als from Interaction Publishers.

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C= hampaign Schools “Debate At Seneca Falls & Women’s Rights Firsts” Teach= er Guide.

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Re-enactment of the actual debate from the first women’s rights convention.

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Learning the history of equal rights in IL, WY, and th= e U.S.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Celebrating women’s first in poster, skits, song,= etc.

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S= tate Goal 4.B.3a

S= tate Goal 14.C.3

S= tate Goal 14.D.3

S= tate Goal 14.F.3a

S= tate Goal 14.F.3b

S= tate Goal 18.C.3a

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Enriches the eighth grade curriculum in Illinois and U.S. government and history.

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ELA speech and debate.

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A= ssign different complexities to the Women’s Rights Firsts project.