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To Kill a Mockingbird STEAM Lesson BriefState: MOStudents use knowledge from across the disciplines to strengthen their understanding of eachsubject’s content and its related careers through topic or theme oriented realistic problem-basedactivity-rich lessons.Theme that this lesson would tie to: Acceptance/not stereotyping (racism, sexism, classism, ableism)Specific Topic Concept within that theme: To Kill a MockingbirdPROJECT IDEA brief notes & suppliesBASIC CONCEPTSConcept: The students will be able to readScience –and analyze To Kill a Mockingbird. Students Concepts – The history of forensic sciencewill research, experiment and design Goal / Objectives –The students will know amethods to increase validity of forensicbasic history of forensic science and the wayscience. Students will articulate the impactjudges and juries use that information in court.of technology on current and past time Standards – Strand 8 Impact of Scienceperiods using data analysis to infer andTechnology and Human Activity 3B – Analyzejustify conclusions. Students will analyzethe roles of science and society as they interactand graph this data. Students will analyzeto determine the direction of scientific andand report on the impact of music and arttechnological progress (e.g., prioritization ofon the culture and documentation of cultureand funding for new scientific research andas well as artistic expression. Students willtechnological development is determined on therecreate period photographs. Students willbasis of individual, political and social values andstudy and discuss effects of music inneeds; understanding basic concepts andhistorical black face videos. Students willprinciples of science and technology influencesperform a skit involving characters fromdebate about the economics, policies, politics,TKAM. Students will connect interpersonaland ethics of various scientific and technologicalrelationships with TKAM and applychallenges)information to their personal relationships. Careers – CSI, judge, forensics or criminallawyer, detective, forensics police officer,forensics historian, scientific journal or technicalwriterBasic Plan: Project – The students will research the historyStudents will be introduced to the topicof forensic sciences and the way judges andthrough an examination of current racejuries use that information in court. They willissues.compare the ways courts used the medicalelements in the early 20th century to today.During the reading of To Kill a Mockingbird,Students would articulate based on the scientificthe teacher will assign research groups inevidence if TKAM would have the same result.which students will utilize research andStudents will create a graphic organizer detailingtechnology usage skills in the fields ofthe science that is involved in forensicScience, Social Studies, Music, and Art toinvestigations.gain context from the novel’s time period. Assessment – Students will present their graphicStudent groups will develop anCC. 2013STEAM EducationLesson Brief

understanding of the court system throughorganizer and engage in scientific studies tothe study of forensic science methodologiesdetermine how results could be compromised.and engineering a new methodology,Students will be assessed on their ability totechnology or plan that would increase theidentify the impact of forensic sciencereliability of these assessments.assessments on current court cases.Additionally, students will analyze and Extension - Students will add to their graphicgraph statistics in regards to race from theorganizer connections to the TKAM totime of TKAM as well as today to drawdetermine the impact that the inclusion ofconclusions about the impact of race onforensic science might have on the outcomes ofsociety. This information will be broughtthe story.together with the forensic research asstudents research and document the history Technology & Engineering –of race in American Culture. Students will Concepts – How to properly researchextrapolate their learning through the Goal / Objectives – The students will usearticulation of laws to address currentproper research procedures in the other projectAmerican Issues. Students will develop anand assessments on this Lesson Brief.understanding of art and music not only as Standards – ISTE 3 – Research and Informationartistic pieces of expression but also as aFluency – Students apply digital tools to gatherhistoric record and will create pieces thatevaluate and use information.allow them to conceptualize and express ITEEA 4 – the cultural, social, economic andtheir own understanding of race and culturepolitical effects of technologyin American society. Students will also Careers – archivist, librarian, any field thatlearn more about interpersonal relationshipscontains research, writer, teacherand the impact these might have on Project - Students complete research logs usingthemselves and in the world around them,internet resources, using proper researchlooking at the text for characterprocedures. Students will find an example ofrelationships and then engaging inwhen a forensic science test has failed and anintrospection to understand the impact ofinnocent persons was incarcerated or enduredrelationships on their own lives. Studentsanother consequence. Students will design andwill then perform a skit that features thesecreate a plan to engineer a new methodology orcharacter relationships.process for forensic assessment. Students willarticulate the uses for the test, specimenSkill level (Grade Range): 9collection and assessment methodologies.Students will also include how this method orTiming of Lesson: Spread throughout a 6process will have a greater impact on the field byweek unit.eliminating the compromise of materials.This would take approximately 30 classsessions of 50 minutes. Assessment – Students will be assessed on theirindividual written reflection on the use ofAll Subjects:technology and engineering as it applies toBasic Supplies:properly conducting research and forensicAll Subjects: Laptops with internet access,science and validity.handouts with the websites and thematic Extension – Students present/share digitalquestions, the book To Kill a Mockingbird.resource tools and techniques with others tofacilitate and expedite research. Students canIndividual Subjects:create a prototype for their design.Science –Research notesCC. 2013STEAM EducationLesson Brief

Technology – Research logMath – Research logs and data reportsELA – Research mini logs, writtenreflectionSS – Research logsArt- Historical Photography Sample, digitaltoolsMusic- Digital videos and culturally relevantexamplesPE/Health - TextIT Resources:Historical Perspective of s/mockingbird/procedure.htmlNew York Times Reviews of TKAMhttp://www.nytimes.com/learning/issues in depth/Mockingbird.htmlOther Resources: An open mindMisc:Photos:Analysis Rubric to guide Critical ThinkingMath – Concepts –Statistical Analysis Goal / Objectives – Analyze data to drawconclusions Standards – Make inferences and justifyconclusions from sample surveys, experimentsand observational studies. Careers – Census Bureau Worker, Statistician Project - Students conduct research to answerthe following questions. What were thepopulation ratios of “Whites to Blacks” in theearly 1930’s? How much money did each socioeconomic group make in the early 1930’s? Whatwas the ratio of educated minorities to Whitesduring the time frame? What was the ratio ofcourt cases involving “Whites to Blacks”?Students will graph the information andcompare it to today’s statistics. Students willthen develop inferences about the impact ofRace in American Society using mathematicalanalysis to justify their conclusions. Studentsactively participate in a class discussion toarticulate the impact of proportions and ratioson the justice system and court cases of the timeof TKAM. Assessment – Students are able to answerquestions orally, through graphic and in writingto document and analyze statistical data andmake inferences about the impact of race onsociety. Extension - Students will review the data fromcurrent events and infer statistical evidence todetermine if they would infer the sameconclusions and findings.ELA – Concepts – historical literature & analysis Goal / Objectives – The students will be able toread and analyze To Kill a Mockingbird, whileapplying to other modern contexts and subjectareas. Standards – Read and comprehend grade-levelliterature, “To Kill a Mockingbird” conductshort—as well as more sustained—researchCC. 2013STEAM EducationLesson Brief

ool%20Critical%20Thinking%20Rubric.jpg SS – CC. 2013projects.NCTE standardshere: b 2#tabsCareers – Writers, journalists, critics, lawyers,educated citizen.Project – Students research what Harper Leewrote and why she wrote it. Analyze how itconnects to a modern context through miniresearch logs. Research logs consist of SupremeCourt cases, Jim Crow Laws, and incidents ofracial turmoil. Students will write a literatureanalysis detailing the impact of the novel onsociety at the time it was written. Students willcreate an analysis that includes text referencesand informational text sources.Assessment – Students will develop apresentation to share their research findings andas a group add to their understanding of theimpact of the novel at the time it was written.Extension - Synthesizing the information toreflecting orally on the recent “race protests” inSt. Louis extrapolating to make connections tothe local community.Concepts – The Civil Rights movementGoal / Objectives – Students will be able toconnect history with TKAM as well ascontemporary times.Standards – Principles of the Republic 1B –Explain the relevance and connection ofconstitutional principles in the followingdocuments: 1. U.S. Constitution, 2. FederalistPapers, 3: Amendments to the Constitutions,emphasizing Bill of Rights; 4. Key Supremecourt decisions – Marbury v. Madison,McCulloch v. Maryland, Miranda v. Arizona,Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Topeka Board ofEducation.Careers – an American citizen who knows thecountry’s history (voter, tax payer, etc), historian,writer, journalist, lawyer,Project - Mini research logs over SupremeCourt Cases, race riots, Jim Crow laws,STEAM EducationLesson Brief

Scottsboro boys, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v.the Board of Ed. Students will create a new setof laws to meet the needs of current Americanculture. They will do an analysis of commonlaws to decide what issues to address. Studentswill conduct a school wide survey to find theneeds that their laws will be based on.Assessment – Students will be assessed on theaccuracy of the information gathered in theirresearch logs. Also, they will be assessed on theirability to present and justify the laws they arerecommending to meet the needs of currentAmerican Culture.Extension –– The class will engage in a role-playactivity to follow the procedures for law makingand serve as the governing body to determinewhich of the suggested laws would in truthbecome a Law.Harper Lee announcing the release of a ees-state-of-mindArt – Concepts – Historical photography Goal / Objectives – Students will be able toconnect images with the written text of TKAM.This also ties with SS. Standards – Product and Performance 3 C –Create original artwork that communicates ideasthrough themes (e.g., identity, power, time,nature, illusion) Careers – Photographer, artist, art critic. Project – Examine historical photographs of thetime period and discuss the historical context inhow it applies to TKAM, history, andcontemporary times. Students will create a“historical photograph” representing a keymoment from TKAM to include in theirpresentation. Students will create their art workCC. 2013STEAM EducationLesson Brief

by creating a historically accurate photograph toartistically represent the TKAM setting andevents.Assessment – Students will be assessed on theirability to create a photograph that would serveas a work of art. Students will considerhistorically accurate props, composition andselection of the moment to photograph as partof the self-assessment process. Students willpresent their photograph and describe why itserves as an artistic representation for TKAM.Extension - Students will work in small groupsto create a photograph that would serve as anartistic representation of TKAM if it hadoccurred in an alternate time frame. PE/Health – Concepts – Relationships between family andcommunity Goal / Objectives – Evaluate the impact ofrelationships on choices and reactions Standards – Functions of Interrelationships ofSystems 2C – Predict how the dynamics ofrelationships with family groups and communitychange as the individual matures. Careers – Psychologist, Writer Project – Students will evaluate the relationshipsbetween characters in TKAM in a small group.Students will create a skit describing therelationships between the characters and howthose relationships impacted the actions of thecharacter. The skit is open to interpretation withstudents considering what might have occurredprior to TKAM and/or afterward with therelationships. Students will articulate in writingthe impact of relationships on choices andreactions of individuals. Assessment – Participation in classroomdiscussion to connect learning and drawconclusions about the impact of relationships onteen choices. Students will postulate the impactof family relationships on the characters inTKAM and contrast those relationships withmodern family connections. Students willevaluate the acceptance by community anddescribe the impact it has had on the choices ofCC. 2013STEAM EducationLesson Brief

citizens. Extension – Students will consider a situation inwhich they made a choice which did not havethe result they desired because they made thechoice because of their relationship withsomeone and then they will journal about howthey can either improve the relationship or makeother choices when faced with the samesituation.Music – Concepts – Interpret videos of blackfaceminstrel shows. Goal / Objectives – Students will be able toconnect problematic images and music with thewritten text of TKAM. This also ties with SS. Standards – Artistic perceptions 1C –Characterize the use of music by its intendedfunction (purpose) and its intended audience.Historical and Cultural Contexts 1C – Describethe effects of society, culture and technology onmusic Careers – director, film producer, writer,historian, musician, comedian, sociologist. Project - Look at historical blackface videos ofthe time period and discuss the historical contextof the belittling of African Americans in JimCrow South. See how it applies to TKAM,history, and contemporary times. Students willuse this information to add to their SS projecton evaluating the social inequity and how it wasperpetuated in music. Students will site examplesof this and can also site examples of how it cameto an end and how it was at times reversed byblack musicians. Assessment – Collaborative discussion andproject presentation showing an analysis ofmusic of the times and how it belittled blackculture and the black culture music that counteracted it. Extension – Students will reflect on currentmusicians to articulate the current use of publicperformance to promote political agendas. Students will find songs written to counter-actthe prejudices.CC. 2013STEAM EducationLesson Brief

CC. 2013STEAM EducationLesson Brief

To Kill a Mockingbird STEAM Lesson Brief . State: MO . Students use knowledge from across the disciplines to strengthen their understanding of each subject’s content and its related careers through topic or theme oriented realistic problem-based activity

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