Launch
Students will complete the existing Day 1 launch activity; no additional activities are added because it uses the phase’s full 45-minute budget.
Day 1
🏛️Local Then and Now Kickoff
Launch 45m

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Frame the Inquiry
Students will use concise, teacher-ready readings and organizers to compare founding ideals, examine the Revolution’s influence on France, evaluate the Articles and Constitution, and revise an individual historical inquiry plan during Days 5–6.
Days 2 - 6
📜 Founding Ideals Evidence Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🧭 Inquiry Question Revision Gate
Assessment 45m

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Collect the Evidence
Students will collect and organize geographic, political, economic, and cultural evidence through three low-preparation packet lessons on days 7, 11, and 12. They will produce an annotated schematic map, chronological timeline, speech-policy chart, capitalism cause-and-effect notes, cultural evidence panel, peer-feedback records, and learning log for their individual historical investigation notebooks.
Days 7 - 12
🗺️ Expansion Map and Timeline
Knowledge/Skill Building 42m
📜 Speeches, Banks, and Contracts
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🎨 Culture Evidence Panel
Deliverable 43m

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Interpret the Patterns
Students will interpret political, geographic, economic, and cultural patterns in their existing evidence, then create and revise individual evidence boards, speech cards, and artifact-style visual panels. Only Days 13, 17, and 18 are used; all readings, content cards, organizer structures, and feedback tools are included within the activities.
Days 13 - 18
🧭 Ideals, Maps, and Money
Knowledge/Skill Building 42m
🎨 Culture Pattern Evidence Panel
Project Work 45m
🔎 Two-Peer Evidence Check
Assessment 45m

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Revise and Rehearse
Students will use three low-preparation class meetings on days 19, 23, and 24 to audit, rehearse, revise, and submit their individual historical interpretation portfolios for the From Revolution to Rails showcase.
Days 19 - 24
🗺️ Portfolio Evidence Accuracy Audit
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🎤 Evidence Script Rehearsal Circle
Project Work 45m
✅ Showcase Portfolio Readiness Gate
Assessment 45m

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Showcase
Students will refine, present, and submit individual evidence-based interpretations during the “From Revolution to Rails” showcase, respond to questions from families and local historical society partners, use peer and audience feedback to make a final revision, and reflect on how their historical thinking changed.
Days 25 - 27
🧭 Evidence-Board Question Rehearsal
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🚂 From Revolution to Rails
Community Experience 45m
📝 Final Interpretation and Learning Log
Assessment 40m

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