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🧭 Truth or Technique Summit

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Content Expertise Effective Communication Collaboration CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.9 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.10 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.9 Submission Required

Students rotate through WWII posters, a wartime speech clip, a short historical text, current headlines, an ad, and a social post, sorting each message as informative, persuasive, or misleading and defending choices with evidence on a shared anchor chart. The class then discusses the essential questions and previews the Then and Now Expo artifacts: paired visuals, captions, and an evidence-hunt card. Teams finish by naming one WWII example and one modern message they are most interested in investigating further.

Plan day
Day 1
Duration
45 min
Grouping
Whole Class
Steps