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Plan
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Launch
Students will launch the Truth Trail inquiry by analyzing provocative sources, practicing basic fact-checking and source analysis, setting up investigation systems, and drafting the first version of their inquiry focus for the semester portfolio and evidence-board work.
Days 1 - 6
🧭 Truth Trail Launch Gallery
Launch 90m
📰 Fact-Check Framing Challenge
Community Experience 90m
📘 Investigation Notebook Setup
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
🗺️ Hidden Motives Source Sprint
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
💬 Inquiry Question Peer Tuning
Research 90m
✅ Notebook Readiness Checkpoint
Assessment 75m
Launch Curiosity
Students will examine provocative historical and ecological sources, notice patterns of bias and missing context, test early ideas with peers, and draft a focused investigable question about how controlled information shapes communities and environments.
Days 7 - 15
🖼️ Headline and Artifact Sort
Launch 90m
🧭 Claim, Evidence, Perspective Mini-Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
📰 Fact-Check Framing Drill
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🗺️ Motive and Impact Source Web
Project Work 90m
💬 Hidden Motives Socratic Seminar
Research 90m
❓ Investigable Question Workshop
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
🔁 Question Tuning Feedback Round
Deliverable 90m
📝 Initial Hypothesis and Evidence Note
Deliverable 90m
✅ Question and Hypothesis Checkpoint
Assessment 90m
Plan Evidence Method
Students will finalize a shared investigation method for analyzing sources, fact-checking claims, and tracking framing across historical cases. They will build a usable evidence system for their notebook and team board work, test it on sample materials, improve it through peer critique, and demonstrate readiness to move into verified source collection.
Days 16 - 24
🧭 Truth Trail Method Map
Launch 75m
🧩 Claim Evidence Perspective Coding
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
📰 Fact-Check Trail With Journalist
Community Experience 90m
📚 Portfolio Evidence Log Build
Project Work 90m
🗺️ Framing Categories Calibration
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
🤝 Method Peer Review Round
Deliverable 90m
🧪 Sample Source Method Trial
Project Work 90m
🗣️ Hidden Motives Seminar Notes
Research 90m
✅ Evidence Protocol Readiness Check
Assessment 90m
Collect Verified Sources
Students will collect, verify, and document a traceable body of evidence for their Truth Trail investigation by applying their source-evaluation protocol to historical texts, maps, timelines, and ecological records. They will organize corroborated and disputed evidence in their Investigation Notebook and draft evidence boards, refine records through peer critique, and complete a competency gate showing that each claim can be traced to credible, clearly documented sources.
Days 25 - 33
🧭 Traceable Evidence Board Models
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
📜 Revolution and Crucible Source Pass
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🗺️ Manifest Destiny Map Evidence Clinic
Knowledge/Skill Building 85m
📚 Verified Source Collection Sprint
Research 90m
🧾 Evidence Log and Citation Build
Project Work 90m
👥 Source Audit Peer Round
Deliverable 80m
🌾 Ecology and Indigenous Impact Records
Research 90m
🧩 Draft Truth Trail Evidence Panel
Deliverable 90m
✅ Verified Source Gate Check
Assessment 90m
Analyze Patterns & Impact
Students will interpret patterns across their verified sources by building visual comparisons, testing emerging claims against anomalies, and tracing how persuasive messaging shaped consequences for people and ecosystems. They will use maps, timelines, annotated excerpts, partner feedback, and seminar discussion to refine evidence-based captions and portfolio entries before moving into final product development.
Days 34 - 42
🧭 Pattern Hunt With Evidence Maps
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🗺️ Maps, Timelines, and Land Claims
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🌾 Great Plains Impact Data Studio
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🧩 Cross-Case Evidence Board Draft
Project Work 90m
💬 Caption Clinic Peer Round
Deliverable 90m
🗣️ Socratic Seminar on Hidden Motives
Project Work 90m
🔍 Anomaly Check and Claim Revision
Project Work 90m
📁 Portfolio Pattern Analysis Checkpoint
Assessment 90m
🛠️ Evidence Board Revision Sprint
Deliverable 90m
Present Truth Trail
Students will finalize and communicate their investigation findings by polishing evidence boards, portfolio snapshots, and concise evidence-based captions; rehearsing a public gallery walk; using peer and partner critique to revise for clarity, accuracy, and limitations; and preparing for a community-facing Truth Trail Showcase.
Days 43 - 51
🧭 Truth Trail Storyline Mini-Lesson
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
✍️ Caption and Limitation Clinic
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🛠️ Evidence Board Build Session
Project Work 90m
🤝 Two-Peer Gallery Critique
Deliverable 90m
📁 Portfolio Snapshot Assembly
Deliverable 75m
🎤 Journalist and Conservation Feedback Round
Community Experience 90m
🔍 Final Accuracy and Flow Check
Project Work 90m
🖼️ Truth Trail Showcase Setup
Project Work 60m
🌟 Truth Trail Showcase
Assessment 90m
Showcase
Students will present their Truth Trail evidence boards and multimedia briefs to authentic visitors, use critique to make final public-facing revisions, complete a culminating portfolio assessment, and reflect on how their investigation of hidden motives and misinformation changed their thinking about communities, land, and evidence.
Days 52 - 56
🗣️ Truth Trail Speaker Practice
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🧭 Gallery Flow and Feedback Wall
Project Work 90m
🏛️ Truth Trail Showcase
Community Experience 90m
📁 Portfolio Defense Conference
Assessment 90m
🌾 Evidence to Action Reflection
Deliverable 90m