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Plan
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Launch
Students will launch the California migration investigation by building a first draft of the class living timeline, analyzing how California was represented across eras, practicing source and note-taking routines, refining investigable questions, and setting up the notebook and collaboration structures they will use in later phases.
Days 1 - 6
🖼️ Then and Now Gallery Sprint
Launch 90m
🧭 Driving Question and Timeline Norms
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
📚 Archive Source Detective Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🗣️ Migration Interview Question Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 85m
🔎 Pull Factor Question Sort
Research 90m
⭕ California Story Circle Notes
Deliverable 70m
Gallery Curiosity Sprint
Students will rotate through migration-era sources and community stories, build a first draft of the class living timeline, generate and refine investigable questions about California as a pull factor, and test early interpretations through source analysis, discussion, and feedback before moving into formal question and method planning.
Days 7 - 15
🖼️ Then and Now Gallery Sprint
Launch 90m
🧭 Push-Pull Clues in Sources
Knowledge/Skill Building 80m
📚 Archive Source Detective
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🧱 Living Timeline Draft Build
Project Work 90m
❓ Strong Migration Questions Workshop
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
🔍 Question Tuning Peer Round
Deliverable 90m
🗺️ Pull Factor Pattern Sort
Research 90m
🎙️ Community Story Comparison Circle
Community Experience 90m
✅ Timeline and Question Checkpoint
Assessment 85m
Question & Method Plan
Students will refine a focused investigation question about California migration, test possible ways to gather trustworthy evidence, and produce a method plan that uses corroborated sources and interview preparation to guide the next phase of research.
Days 16 - 24
🧭 Migration Question Launchboard
Launch 75m
📚 Source Triangulation Mini-Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
📝 Focus Question Peer Tuning
Deliverable 75m
🎙️ Interview Notes and Question Stems
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🗺️ Evidence Pathway Sketch
Project Work 90m
🏛️ Archive Access Strategy Session
Community Experience 90m
💡 Hypothesis and Counterclaim Draft
Deliverable 75m
🔍 Method Plan Critique Round
Project Work 90m
✅ Investigation Plan Conference
Assessment 90m
Source Capture & Notes
Students will collect, verify, and organize evidence from archival materials and community interviews so each emerging claim about California migration can be traced to a cited source, compared across eras, and prepared for later timeline analysis.
Days 25 - 33
🗂️ Evidence Log Calibration
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
🧭 Archive Source Hunt
Research 90m
🎙️ Interview Notes and Follow-Ups
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
🤝 Community Migration Interviews
Community Experience 90m
🔍 Corroboration Triangle Check
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
📝 Notebook Peer Audit
Deliverable 90m
🗃️ Artifact Capture Workshop
Project Work 90m
📚 Era Evidence Sort
Project Work 90m
✅ Source Trail Checkpoint
Assessment 90m
Claim Evidence Check
Students will test the strength of their developing timeline claims by checking chronology, corroborating source support, revising uncertain captions, and tightening citation trails before moving into full synthesis and presentation work.
Days 34 - 42
🧭 Evidence Checkpoint Launch
Launch 75m
🗂️ Caption Evidence Audit
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
📍 Chronology and Cause Map
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
📝 Pull Factor Category Tune-Up
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
🔍 Peer Caption Critique Round
Deliverable 90m
🛠️ Citation and Corroboration Repair
Project Work 120m
🎙️ QR Audio Claim Drafts
Deliverable 90m
⭕ Weekly Migration Circle
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
✅ Midpoint Timeline Gate
Assessment 120m
Analyze & Present Findings
Students will analyze patterns, contradictions, and change over time across California migration eras, then turn their evidence into clear public-facing explanations through revised captions, audio reflections, and a rehearsal gallery walk that strengthens the living timeline mural before the final showcase.
Days 43 - 51
📊 Cross-Era Pattern Boards
Launch 90m
🧭 Corroborating Ads Maps Voices
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🎙️ Audio Reflection Script Studio
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🖼️ Timeline Caption Build
Project Work 90m
🤝 Two-Peer Feedback Round
Deliverable 90m
🎧 Record QR Audio Takes
Project Work 90m
🗣️ Rehearsal Gallery Walk
Community Experience 90m
🔧 Revision Sprint for Mural
Deliverable 90m
✅ Living Timeline Readiness Defense
Assessment 90m
Showcase
Students will finalize and present the California Connections living timeline mural to families and community partners, use feedback from a rehearsal gallery walk to strengthen cross-era reasoning, and reflect on how evidence from multiple migration stories explains California’s changing identity.
Days 52 - 56
🖼️ Rehearsal Timeline Gallery Walk
Deliverable 90m
🛠️ Caption and Audio Revision Sprint
Project Work 90m
🎤 Showcase Conversation Roles
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
🌉 California Connections Showcase
Community Experience 105m
📚 Living Timeline Defense
Assessment 90m