Students will investigate how a fictional society fractures by reading source cards, constructing and revising a hexagonal-thinking web, and using one connection to prototype an evidence-based brick for the Cold War–Crucible wall.

Students will read and analyze the opening of The Crucible, use hexagonal thinking to prototype evidence-based bricks, and develop focused inquiry questions about fear, power, ideology, and human impact. They will test possible connections, establish research and source-credibility methods, assign collaborative roles, and revise an inquiry blueprint through peer and teacher feedback before beginning substantial research.

Students will read The Crucible daily while systematically gathering, evaluating, and documenting literary, historical, visual, and oral-history evidence. They will use full hexagonal-thinking protocols to interpret relationships, challenge preliminary conclusions, and prototype four color-coded brick types. Every day concludes with an exit ticket naming one academic success, one challenge, and one next-step goal; on Days 9, 12, 14, and 15, students will also complete a hexagonal-thinking exit slip identifying a connection, uncertainty, and research need.

Students will closely read The Crucible, analyze literary and historical evidence, test connections through hexagonal thinking, and draft four evidence-based bricks. They will distinguish meaningful parallels from important differences, document anomalies and conflicting evidence, and use peer and teacher feedback to revise their work.

Students will verify, revise, and finalize four evidence-based bricks before testing how they fit within the 100-brick Cold War–Crucible wall. They will use targeted reading, peer critique, teacher conferences, full hexagonal-thinking protocols, evidence-based conclusions, and safe wall assembly to prepare for the public exhibition.

Students will install and test the completed brick wall, rehearse evidence-based explanations, present to families, local veterans, and community members, and evaluate how their research, collaboration, and revisions shaped the final exhibition.