Take A Position
Take A Position
Students will test an initial stance on whether civil disobedience is morally justified by analyzing competing claims, tracing bias and perspective across cases, and drafting a one-page position supported by early evidence, warrants, and source leads they will investigate in later phases.
Days 7 - 16
Research And Sort
Research And Sort
Students will gather and evaluate a balanced set of primary and secondary sources, identify bias and omissions across accounts of civil disobedience, and organize evidence into supports, partly supports, and challenges so they can carry stronger claims and counterclaims into the next phase of argument building.
Days 17 - 26
Build Argument Map
Build Argument Map
Students will turn their collected evidence into a defensible historical argument by organizing claims and sub-claims, selecting the strongest supporting and challenging sources, writing clear warrants, and planning fair counterarguments and rebuttals. They will test their reasoning through structured discussion, peer critique, revision, and a phase-end argument map checkpoint that prepares them for full draft writing.
Days 27 - 36
Revise With Peers
Revise With Peers
Students will strengthen their historical argument essays through targeted mini-lessons, structured peer critique, revision cycles, and a polished draft checkpoint. They will improve warrants, source use, bias analysis, and counterargument quality while preparing to defend their position with clearer evidence and reasoning.
Days 37 - 45
Defend Public Position
Defend Public Position
Students will refine and defend their historical argument in a live public-defense format by rehearsing responses to counterarguments, strengthening warrants with evidence, presenting to an audience, and reflecting on how evidence and critique complicated or sharpened their position on civil disobedience.
Days 46 - 54
Showcase
Showcase
Students will finalize and publicly present their strongest evidence-based argument about civil disobedience, use source analysis and perspective notes to defend their claims before an authentic audience, respond to counterarguments with evidence and fair concessions, and reflect on how bias and multiple perspectives shaped their final understanding.
Days 55 - 60
Launch
Days 1–6
Take A Position
Days 7–16
Research And Sort
Days 17–26
Day 21
Build Argument Map
Days 27–36
Day 31
Revise With Peers
Days 37–45
Defend Public Position
Days 46–54
Showcase
Days 55–60
July 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
28
Day 2
📚 Textbook vs Zinn Source Lens
📚 Textbook vs Zinn Source Lens
29
Day 3
📝 Foundations Annotation Bootcamp
📝 Foundations Annotation Bootcamp
30
Day 4
🧭 Patterns Across Resistance Timeline
🧭 Patterns Across Resistance Timeline
31
Day 5
💬 Claim and Warrant Peer Round
💬 Claim and Warrant Peer Round
August 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
3
Day 6
✅ Source Analysis Entry Checkpoint
✅ Source Analysis Entry Checkpoint
5
Day 8
🧭 Bias Moves in Zinn and Textbook
🧭 Bias Moves in Zinn and Textbook
6
Day 9
📝 CER and Warrants Mini-Workshop
📝 CER and Warrants Mini-Workshop
7
Day 10
📚 Case Set Source Sprint
📚 Case Set Source Sprint
10
Day 11
🗺️ Continuity and Change Timeline Cards
🗺️ Continuity and Change Timeline Cards
11
Day 12
🎙️ Seminar on Justified Resistance
🎙️ Seminar on Justified Resistance
12
Day 13
📄 One-Page Position Draft
📄 One-Page Position Draft
13
Day 14
🔍 Feedback Round on Position Drafts
🔍 Feedback Round on Position Drafts
14
Day 15
🛠️ Revision Lab and Source Leads
🛠️ Revision Lab and Source Leads
17
Day 16
✅ Position Memo Checkpoint
✅ Position Memo Checkpoint
19
Day 18
📚 Foundational Documents Close Read
📚 Foundational Documents Close Read
20
Day 19
🗂️ Research Log Setup
🗂️ Research Log Setup
21
Day 20
🔎 Balanced Source Hunt
🔎 Balanced Source Hunt
24
Day 21
25
Day 22
⚖️ Perspective Sorting Board
⚖️ Perspective Sorting Board
26
Day 23
🧩 Counterevidence Conference
🧩 Counterevidence Conference
27
Day 24
📝 Annotated Evidence Packet
📝 Annotated Evidence Packet
28
Day 25
🤝 Evidence Packet Peer Critique
🤝 Evidence Packet Peer Critique
September 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
31
Day 26
🚪 Research Gate Check
🚪 Research Gate Check
2
Day 28
🧩 Source Credibility Sort
🧩 Source Credibility Sort
3
Day 29
🛠️ Warrant Writing Mini-Lab
🛠️ Warrant Writing Mini-Lab
4
Day 30
🗺️ Civil Disobedience Argument Map
🗺️ Civil Disobedience Argument Map
7
Day 31
8
Day 32
⚖️ Counterclaim Rebuttal Workshop
⚖️ Counterclaim Rebuttal Workshop
9
Day 33
🔍 Two-Peer Logic Tuning
🔍 Two-Peer Logic Tuning
10
Day 34
📚 Across-Eras Pattern Notes
📚 Across-Eras Pattern Notes
11
Day 35
📝 Argument Blueprint Packet
📝 Argument Blueprint Packet
14
Day 36
✅ Argument Map Checkpoint
✅ Argument Map Checkpoint
16
Day 38
🔎 Citation and Credibility Tune-Up
🔎 Citation and Credibility Tune-Up
17
Day 39
🗣️ Peer Critique on Essay Logic
🗣️ Peer Critique on Essay Logic
18
Day 40
✍️ Revision Sprint for Counterevidence
✍️ Revision Sprint for Counterevidence
21
Day 41
⚖️ Perspective and Bias Check
⚖️ Perspective and Bias Check
22
Day 42
🔁 Second Peer Round on Polished Draft
🔁 Second Peer Round on Polished Draft
23
Day 43
🧱 Comparative Pattern Bridge
🧱 Comparative Pattern Bridge
24
Day 44
📄 Polished Draft Submission
📄 Polished Draft Submission
25
Day 45
🎤 Defense Notes and Objection Cards
🎤 Defense Notes and Objection Cards
28
Day 46
Defend Public Position
🎤 Defense Moves With Evidence Cards
🎤 Defense Moves With Evidence Cards
29
Day 47
🧭 Perspective Traps And Bias Responses
🧭 Perspective Traps And Bias Responses
30
Day 48
🗂️ Comparative Defense Board Build
🗂️ Comparative Defense Board Build
1
Day 49
🔁 Two-Peer Defense Clinic
🔁 Two-Peer Defense Clinic
2
Day 50
📝 Question Bank And Rebuttal Log
📝 Question Bank And Rebuttal Log
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
5
Day 51
🎙️ Mock Panel Under Cross-Examination
🎙️ Mock Panel Under Cross-Examination
6
Day 52
🛠️ Revision Sprint For Oral Defense
🛠️ Revision Sprint For Oral Defense
7
Day 53
🏛️ Symposium Roundtable Defense
🏛️ Symposium Roundtable Defense
8
Day 54
✍️ Nuance Reflection After Defense
✍️ Nuance Reflection After Defense
12
Day 56
🗣️ Two-Peer Defense Tune-Up
🗣️ Two-Peer Defense Tune-Up
13
Day 57
🖼️ Civil Disobedience Symposium Setup
🖼️ Civil Disobedience Symposium Setup
14
Day 58
🎤 Public Panel Defense
🎤 Public Panel Defense
15
Day 59
📚 Final Argument Portfolio
📚 Final Argument Portfolio
16
Day 60
🔍 Perspective Shift Reflection
🔍 Perspective Shift Reflection