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📰 Water and Land Newsroom

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Content Expertise INQ 6–8.1 INQ 6–8.4 GEO 6–7.1 GEO 6–7.2 GEO 6–7.9 INQ 6–8.11 INQ 6–8.14 Submission Required

Teams examine short case packets with a political map, satellite image, place-based photograph, and a brief environmental justice source excerpt. They create a headline card and a 30-second breaking news update that identifies who is making decisions, who is affected, and what visual evidence supports their first interpretation. The class closes with a notice-and-wonder board that captures patterns, contradictions, and early investigation questions for the project wall.

Plan day
Day 1
Duration
50 min
Grouping
Small Group
Steps