Learning Goals
Students will be able to analyze short story scenes for character, conflict, setting, theme, and author’s purpose to explain how belonging is developed.
Students will be able to cite text evidence from short stories to support claims about how writers create inclusion or exclusion.
Students will be able to identify author’s purpose in a short story and justify how specific details reveal that purpose.
Students will be able to generate and refine a How Might We problem statement about belonging using evidence from a story and real user input.
Students will be able to draft, revise, and edit a personal narrative with a clear beginning, turning point, reflection, sensory details, and dialogue.
Students will be able to conduct a short inquiry into belonging by generating questions, gathering information from multiple sources, and recording insights from at least one real user interaction.
Students will be able to collaborate in peer critique and pair-share discussions to improve writing and design choices based on feedback.
Products
Belonging Research-and-Prototype Portfolio
Each student creates a portfolio with annotated short story notes, a one-page user interview or observation summary, a revised How Might We statement, and a concept prototype page for the team solution. The portfolio shows how individual evidence informed both the problem definition and the final design direction.
Belonging Zine Showcase Collection and Launch Party Pitch
Teams produce a polished folded booklet or zine that includes a shared problem statement, a collaboratively developed higher-fidelity prototype or service solution, and a brief live pitch for the Belonging Launch Party. The team presentation explains how research evidence, user feedback, and revisions shaped the final response to belonging.
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