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Plan
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Launch
Students will launch the investigation by examining World War I human-impact sources, hearing from a community speaker, practicing source analysis routines, generating and refining initial inquiry questions, and producing first notebook entries that set up later research, writing, and art-making.
Days 1 - 6
📬 WWI Letters and Casualty Stations
Launch 55m
🧭 OPPR Source Analysis Mini-Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🎖️ Service and Sacrifice Speaker Forum
Community Experience 55m
❓ Inquiry Question and Method Sprint
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🎨 One-Word Human Cost Sketch
Project Work 55m
📝 Inquiry Notebook Checkpoint
Assessment 55m
Launch & Curiosity
Students will closely examine World War I letters, photographs, casualty records, posters, and speeches to notice patterns, contradictions, and absences related to how government decisions affected soldiers and civilians. They will practice source analysis, compare how different media represent human cost, generate and refine investigable questions, and create an initial visual response that begins linking historical evidence to artistic interpretation.
Days 7 - 16
📬 WWI Letters Mystery Launch
Launch 55m
🧭 OPVL With Service Sources
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🪖 Veterans Voices Discussion
Community Experience 55m
🖼️ Media Comparison Evidence Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
❓ Human Cost Question Sprint
Research 55m
🎨 One-Word War Response
Project Work 55m
🗣️ Question Feedback Triads
Deliverable 55m
📓 Reflection Circle Journal
Research 45m
✅ Curiosity Checkpoint Conference
Assessment 55m
Question & Method
Students will refine a focused World War I inquiry question, test possible hypotheses against early evidence, choose a research method that fits the question, and build an organized plan for collecting credible sources and writing the research paper.
Days 17 - 26
🧭 WWI Decision Question Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🔍 Source Reliability Mini-Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
✍️ Inquiry Question and Hypothesis Draft
Project Work 55m
🗣️ Question Tuning with Peers
Deliverable 55m
🗂️ Evidence Tracker and Citation Setup
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🧪 Method Match Conference
Project Work 55m
🎨 Media Comparison Planning Board
Research 55m
📄 Methodology Plan Draft
Deliverable 55m
🔁 Method Critique and Revision
Deliverable 55m
✅ Inquiry Plan Approval
Assessment 55m
Evidence Collection
Students will collect, evaluate, and organize evidence for their World War I investigation by working with letters, speeches, policies, casualty data, photographs, and historical analysis. They will strengthen source evaluation and citation habits, build visible evidence logs tied to a developing claim, test the completeness of their evidence through peer critique, and complete a checkpoint showing they are ready to move into pattern analysis.
Days 27 - 36
🧭 Evidence Log Calibration
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🗂️ Source Reliability Sorting
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
📚 MLA Citations for WWI Sources
Knowledge/Skill Building 50m
🔎 Archive Hunt for Front and Home
Research 55m
📝 Corroboration Notes Workshop
Research 55m
🖼️ Media Comparison Evidence Cards
Project Work 55m
🤝 Evidence Log Peer Critique
Deliverable 55m
📄 Claim-and-Evidence Snapshot
Deliverable 60m
🔁 Evidence Revision Studio
Project Work 55m
✅ Source Set Readiness Check
Assessment 50m
Analysis Checkpoint
Students will audit their WWI source records for credibility and traceability, code evidence for recurring themes across soldiers’ and civilians’ experiences, test whether patterns support or complicate their working claims, and produce a draft evidence map or data visualization that prepares them to write stronger conclusions and create historically grounded art.
Days 37 - 45
🧭 Evidence Trail Audit
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🏷️ Theme Coding with Color Keys
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🖼️ Letters and Posters Comparison
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
📊 WWI Evidence Map Draft
Project Work 55m
🤝 Evidence Map Peer Critique
Deliverable 55m
🧩 Contradictions and Claim Revisions
Research 55m
🎖️ Service and Sacrifice Discussion
Community Experience 55m
📝 Human Cost Journal Circle
Deliverable 55m
✅ Analysis Portfolio Checkpoint
Assessment 55m
Conclusions & Share
Students will finalize evidence-based conclusions about how World War I leadership decisions affected soldiers and civilians, translate their interpretation into original artwork, test both products through critique, and prepare concise public-facing explanations grounded in corroborated sources, limitations, and empathy.
Days 46 - 54
🧭 Conclusion Claims and Limits
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
🖼️ Evidence into Visual Symbol
Knowledge/Skill Building 55m
✍️ Research Conclusion Draft
Deliverable 55m
🎨 Original Art Studio Build
Project Work 55m
🔍 Peer Review of Papers and Art
Project Work 55m
🛠️ Revision Studio and Artist Statement
Project Work 55m
🎙️ Veterans Dialogue and Exhibit Talk
Community Experience 55m
📄 Final Conclusion and Art Checkpoint
Assessment 55m
📝 Journal and Circle Insight
Deliverable 55m
Showcase
Students will finalize and present their World War I research papers, original artworks, and exhibit materials to a public audience, then reflect on how their investigation and creative choices communicate the human impact of wartime government decisions.
Days 55 - 60
🖼️ Exhibit Flow and Talk Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🗣️ Peer Critique on Display Labels
Deliverable 55m
🧾 Final Paper and Artwork Check
Assessment 55m
🎖️ Letters Across the Lines Gallery
Community Experience 55m
🎤 Findings Panel and Audience Q&A
Project Work 55m
📓 Reflection Journal and Circle
Assessment 55m