Madera Changemakers: Power to the People

📚 Source Credibility and Issue Log

📝 Community Issue Pitch

🗺️ Madera Power Claim Lineup

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Edit Phase

Take a Position

Students will test an early stance on who should have greater influence in addressing a Madera community issue by analyzing identity, privilege, and power, weighing competing perspectives, and writing an initial argument they will revise with later evidence.

Days 5 - 11

Launch 45m

📚 Privilege and Stakeholder Sort

🧭 CER Frames for Community Claims

Knowledge/Skill Building 40m

🔍 Debate Evidence Log Setup

🗣️ Fishbowl on Local Decision Power

Project Work 50m

📝 Initial Proposal Position Draft

🔁 Peer Critique and Revision Notes

📊 Credibility Ladder for Madera Sources

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Edit Phase

Sort Evidence Strength

Students will sort their Madera issue evidence by strength, relevance, and credibility; test their initial claim against competing perspectives; identify the strongest counterevidence; and explain how identity, privilege, and power shape which evidence matters most before moving into formal proposal drafting.

Days 19 - 24

🧭 Claim Stress Test Sort

Launch 40m

⚖️ Counterevidence and Stakeholder Lens

🗂️ Evidence Grid and Warrant Notes

Project Work 50m

💬 Two-Peer Evidence Clinic

🧾 Evidence Strength Conference

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Edit Phase

Build Argument Structure

Students will organize their researched evidence into a defensible community proposal argument, draft claims and sub-claims, explain warrants that connect evidence to reasoning, and strengthen their writing through counterargument analysis, peer critique, and revision.

Days 25 - 30

🧭 Proposal Claim Ladder

🔗 Evidence-to-Warrant Moves

⚖️ Counterclaim and Rebuttal Build

Knowledge/Skill Building 40m

📝 Community Proposal Brief Draft

Deliverable 50m

💬 Two-Peer Logic Check

Project Work 45m

✅ Proposal Brief Milestone

🧭 Defense Moves With Evidence Cards

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Edit Phase

Rehearse Public Defense

Students will strengthen their community proposals for public defense by tightening evidence use, polishing citations, revising from peer critique, and rehearsing how to answer challenges with clear reasoning. Across the phase, they will refine both their written brief and team presentation so they can defend claims about identity, privilege, power, and community need with credible local evidence.

Days 31 - 36

Knowledge/Skill Building 40m

📝 Citation Polish And Media Check

💬 Proposal Critique Protocol

🔧 Brief And Slides Revision Sprint

Project Work 50m

🎤 Hot Seat Defense Round

Project Work 45m

✅ Proposal Defense Readiness Check

🗂️ Showcase Panel Run Sheet

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Edit Phase

Showcase

Students will present their finalized Madera community proposals to an authentic audience, defend their reasoning with local evidence, respond to questions and critique, and document how feedback and reflection shape their next steps as researchers, writers, and community problem-solvers.

Days 37 - 40

Deliverable 30m

🗣️ Madera Change Showcase

Assessment 90m

📝 Proposal Brief Final Submission

Assessment 30m

🔄 Feedback to Action Memo

Deliverable 30m

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Edit Phase

Gather Diverse Evidence

Students will gather and test evidence for a chosen Madera issue by locating data, testimonials, and print or media sources; documenting central ideas, credibility, bias, and limits; comparing confirming and disconfirming evidence; and revising their evidence set through peer and teacher feedback before moving into argument building.

Days 12 - 18

🧭 Madera source credibility mini-lab

📚 Madera issue source hunt

Research 45m

📝 Central ideas and bias notes

📊 Evidence log peer swap