Students will investigate a fictional school phone incident, distinguish supported claims from assumptions, examine competing stakeholder needs, and draft a provisional response to the essential question, “What phone policy would be fair, effective, and respectful of everyone in our school community?”

Students will examine competing perspectives on school phone rules, distinguish stronger evidence from opinion, and use stakeholder needs, rights, and responsibilities to develop an initial policy position. They will critique and revise their reasoning before completing an individual position statement addressing the essential question.

Students will investigate what phone policy would be fair, effective, and respectful of everyone in the school community by evaluating varied evidence and competing perspectives. They will maintain an annotated evidence log, identify confirming and disconfirming evidence, and construct a cited argument with explicit warrants. They will test a serious counterargument, exchange feedback, and revise their reasoning before advancing to mock-trial preparation.

Students will revise evidence-based phone policy arguments, test rebuttals against competing perspectives, and strengthen their public speaking through structured critique and rehearsal. They will complete individual argument dossiers and a team recommendation that directly answers the essential question before advancing to the public defense.

Students will publicly defend an evidence-based school phone policy, respond respectfully to challenges from an authentic audience, and revise their final recommendations and individual dossiers using feedback and counterevidence.