Knowledge/Skill Building
🗳️ 2008 Election Newsroom Sprint
Select and evaluate sources
Engage and critique perspectives
Synthesize sources or findings
Frame a question
Develop an inquiry plan
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3
TH:Re9.HS3.c
Submission Required
Students rotate through short sets of 2008 campaign speeches, debate clips, ads, headlines, and secondary summaries, then sort evidence by issue, perspective, and dramatic potential. In small groups, they identify recurring patterns, contradictions, and moments that could become scenes, using a source log that distinguishes primary from secondary materials. Groups give feedback to 2 peers, receive feedback, and revise one possible inquiry direction before a whole-class debrief.
Plan day
Day 2
Duration
75 min
Grouping
Small Group
Steps
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