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Discover
Students will launch the Trial of the Locktons project by connecting unfair treatment in *Chains* to present-day bias and language barriers in Delaware, then define the challenge, identify affected end users, and generate inquiry questions that will guide later research and argument.
Days 1 - 3
🎭 Trial of the Locktons Launch (45 min)
Launch 45m
🧭 Challenge Definition
Deliverable 45m
👥 End User Overview and Inquiry Questions
Deliverable 45m
Examine
Students will compare characters and viewpoints in *Chains*, investigate historical and present-day accounts of unfair treatment, evaluate sources, and organize evidence into claims about power, bias, and justice that prepare them for the Locktons trial case and community hearing recommendation.
Days 4 - 17
🎭 Freedom Claims Sort
Launch 45m
📖 Chains Power Tracker
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🧭 Viewpoint Across New York
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🗂️ Source Evaluation Report
Deliverable 45m
⚖️ Legal Aid Question Clinic
Community Experience 45m
📝 CER for Locktons
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🌳 Root Cause Analysis
Deliverable 45m
💬 Evidence Circle Rebuttals
Project Work 45m
🔍 Notebook Peer Review
Project Work 45m
🏛️ Hearing Ideas Draft
Project Work 45m
📌 Solution Proposal
Deliverable 45m
🧪 Trial Evidence Checkpoint
Assessment 45m
Engineer
Students will design and strengthen their courtroom-style case and community hearing recommendation by studying strong models, planning team roles and evidence use, drafting arguments, testing their reasoning with peers and community partners, and revising based on feedback before moving into presentation and implementation.
Days 18 - 26
🧭 Trial Roadmap and Roles
Launch 45m
🧩 Exemplar Exploration
Deliverable 45m
🛠️ CER and Counterargument Rehearsal
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🧪 Hypothesis
Deliverable 30m
🗂️ Creation Plan
Deliverable 45m
🏛️ Community Questions with Delaware Advocates
Community Experience 45m
✍️ Case Draft Build
Project Work 45m
🔁 Peer Critique on Case Drafts
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📝 Solution Development Report
Deliverable 45m
Do
Students will test their courtroom case and community hearing recommendations, collect evidence about how well their argument works with an audience, and use feedback to strengthen claims about justice, bias, language barriers, and abuse of power before the final public sharing.
Days 27 - 29
🧭 Implementation and Data Collection Plan
Deliverable 45m
⚖️ Trial Run and Peer Jury
Project Work 45m
📊 Implementation Results
Deliverable 45m
Share
Students will present what they learned through the Trial of the Locktons and the Delaware community hearing, then document how their evidence use, collaboration, and understanding of justice grew across the project.
Day 30
🌟 Growth Reflection
Assessment 45m