Learning Goals
Students will be able to evaluate sources and incident evidence about school phone rules by determining credibility, relevance, sufficiency, and possible bias.
Students will be able to analyze stakeholder perspectives on student phone access, learning, safety, privacy, and school responsibilities to explain how competing needs shape fair policy decisions.
Students will be able to construct an argument for a school phone policy using a clear claim, logical reasons, relevant evidence, explicit reasoning, and accurate citations.
Students will be able to rebut counterarguments about school phone policies by representing opposing views fairly and responding with relevant evidence and sound reasoning.
Students will be able to engage in mock-trial deliberations about school phone rules by listening actively, building on others’ ideas, asking evidence-based questions, and managing disagreement respectfully.
Students will be able to defend and revise a school phone policy recommendation by presenting salient claims coherently, responding to challenges, and using feedback and counterevidence to improve the position.
Products
School Phone Policy Argument Dossier
Each student creates an independent dossier containing an annotated evidence log with credibility analysis, a stakeholder perspective comparison, a cited policy argument, explicit warrants, a fair counterargument and rebuttal, a mock-trial speaking document, and a reflection showing how discussion, feedback, and counterevidence shaped revisions.
Mock School Board Trial and Phone Policy Recommendation
Teams conduct a public mock trial or school board hearing in which members present and question evidence, defend opposing perspectives, respond to counterarguments, and deliberate respectfully before issuing a shared evidence-based phone policy recommendation that explains trade-offs and revisions.
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