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Launch
Students will enter the project through a survival simulation, begin comparing mythic and scientific explanations of disasters, analyze how suspense works in short texts, and set up an evidence notebook that will anchor later investigation and story writing.
Days 1 - 4
🎮 Disaster Dash Survival Debrief
Launch 120m
🌋 Myth and Case Study Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 120m
📚 Suspense Moves Notebook Setup
Knowledge/Skill Building 120m
🧭 Survival Question Checkpoint
Assessment 90m

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Launch the Mystery
Students will investigate survival patterns in a disaster simulation, document evidence in a research notebook, analyze which choices most often lead to survival or failure, and refine a focused survival question and hypothesis for a myth-inspired suspense story.
Days 5 - 11
🎮 Disaster Dash Survival Run
Launch 120m
📓 Survival Notebook Coding
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
📊 Mystery Pattern Data Wall
Knowledge/Skill Building 120m
🧭 Strong Survival Questions
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🤝 Question Swap Protocol
Deliverable 120m
🧪 Hypothesis and Evidence Match
Project Work 120m
✅ Survival Question Conference
Assessment 120m

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Plan Evidence Method
Students will compare myth and case-study source options, design a focused evidence-gathering method, test the strength of their plans through peer critique, and finalize a research-ready checklist and story direction for investigating whether their character can survive.
Days 12 - 18
🗺️ Myth and Case Study Matchup
Knowledge/Skill Building 120m
📓 Research Notebook Setup
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
🎯 Survival Question and Method Map
Knowledge/Skill Building 120m
🧪 Evidence Checklist Draft
Deliverable 120m
💬 Method Critique Carousel
Project Work 120m
📝 Story Direction Blueprint
Project Work 120m
✅ Evidence Plan Conference
Assessment 120m

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Collect Story Data
Students will collect traceable evidence from myths, case studies, simulations, and mentor texts so they can support believable survival decisions and purposeful suspense writing in their stories.
Days 19 - 24
🧭 Traceable Notes Mini-Notebook
Knowledge/Skill Building 110m
🌋 Myth and Case Study Evidence Hunt
Research 120m
✍️ Suspense Moves from Mentor Texts
Knowledge/Skill Building 110m
🧪 Survival Evidence Peer Check
Deliverable 120m
📊 Disaster Dash Pattern Claims
Research 120m
✅ Evidence Notebook Milestone
Assessment 120m

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Analyze Patterns So Far
Students will organize and interpret their collected evidence, test the strength of their survival claim against contradictions, and turn research patterns into a story plan that uses suspense and dialogue purposefully.
Days 25 - 30
📊 Evidence Pattern Charts
Knowledge/Skill Building 120m
🧠 Suspense Move Mapping
Knowledge/Skill Building 120m
🗣️ Survival Claim Peer Tuning
Research 120m
📝 Plotline and Dialogue Outline
Project Work 120m
🔍 Evidence Limits Conference
Assessment 120m
✏️ Revised Story Blueprint
Deliverable 120m

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Debate Conclusions & Share
Students will finalize evidence-based suspense narratives, test their conclusions through critique, turn polished drafts into hand-stitched books, and share their finished work with a public audience while explaining how evidence shaped survival decisions and what uncertainties remain.
Days 31 - 36
🧭 Survival Claim Mini-Conference
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
📝 Final Drafting in Google Docs
Project Work 120m
💬 Evidence Roundtable Feedback
Deliverable 120m
📚 ArtReach Bookmaking Workshop
Community Experience 150m
🪧 Showcase Table Cards
Deliverable 90m
🌟 Suspense Story Gallery Night
Assessment 150m

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Showcase
Students will present their hand-stitched suspense storybooks to an authentic audience, explain how evidence shaped their survival conclusions, gather and analyze feedback from peers and community readers, and reflect on the strengths and limits of their investigation and writing choices.
Days 37 - 40
🖼️ Showcase Table Rehearsal
Deliverable 110m
🌙 Suspense Story Showcase
Community Experience 120m
📊 Feedback Pattern Analysis
Knowledge/Skill Building 110m
🧭 Survival Claim Reflection
Assessment 120m

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