Learning Goals
Students will be able to analyze Jonas’s early experiences in The Giver to explain how rules shape fairness and individual choice.
Students will be able to cite textual evidence from The Giver to support claims about power, control, and rule-making.
Students will be able to evaluate the fairness of rules in The Giver and in real school or community settings by comparing who is affected and who decides.
Students will be able to interpret how characters in The Giver respond to unfair rules to defend a claim about responsibility and obedience.
Students will be able to construct a CER argument proposing one fair rule for a school or community using evidence from The Giver and the policy Q&A.
Students will be able to rebut a counterargument to their rule proposal by explaining why an alternative rule is less fair or less effective.
Students will be able to collaborate in book club discussions and a recorded panel response to refine ideas about fairness through critique and revision.
Products
One-Minute Fair Rule Argument with Evidence Tracker
Each student records a one-minute claim proposing one fair rule for the school or community and submits an evidence tracker with CER notes, source credibility checks, and a rebuttal to one counterargument. The product proves independent understanding of The Giver, the guest policy Q&A, and how evidence supports a defensible position.
Recorded Fairness Forum Panel and Public Defense
Book club groups present a recorded panel response and brief live defense explaining what makes a society fair, how their thinking changed, and where the strongest evidence lies. The team product must synthesize each member’s individual research and respond to questions from the audience.
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