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 * Analyzing Current United States Privatization Issues **

Course: EDIM 502, Project-Based Learning Group: BCDG

Guiding Activity for: Bill Cawley Content Area: World Literature Honors 10th or 12th Grade Academic Level: High School


 * __Objectives __**

- Read and analyze two specific United States privatization issues across geographical region. - Formulate a stance or opinion in regards to both area’s decision on privatization. - Surmise the different outcomes that could occur from both area’s decision. - Collaborate with individuals from different geographic regions and culture to compare and contrast privatization issue.


 * __PA State Standards __**

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 * 1.1.12.A**: Apply appropriate strategies to construct meaning through interpretation and to analyze and evaluate author’s use of techniques and elements of fiction and non-fiction for rhetorical and aesthetic purposes.=====


 * 1.6.12.A:**

Listen critically and respond to others in small and large group situations.


 * Respond with grade level appropriate questions, ideas, information or opinion


 * 1.9.12.A:** Use media and technology resources for research, information, analysis, problem solving, and decision making in content learning. Identify complexities and inconsistencies in the information and the different perspectives found in each medium.
 * 1.9.12.B:** Evaluate information found in selected sources on the basis of accuracy, validity, appropriateness, importance, and social and cultural context.


 * __Materials __**

- Copies of articles - Computers with access to social networking site ePals.


 * __Lesson __**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'cambria','serif';">- **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Bell-Ringer (Warm-up) (5 min) **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">In their writing journals, students will Quick Write (Reflect) on the following question: “If our school district, failed to perform adequately, should it be opened up to be run by private investors?”
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">After a few minutes, the teacher will lead the class in a discussion based on their writing.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Inform the students that this scenario will be guiding topic in our continuation in the unit of privatization.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'cambria','serif';">- **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Body (35 min) **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Break students up into four groups (A,B,C, and D)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Group A will read the Utah privatization article and look for positive effects of Privatization
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Group B will read the Utah privatization article and look for negative effects of Privatization
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Group C will read the Philadelphia privatization article and look for positive effects of Privatization
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Group D will read the Philadelphia privatization article and look for negative effects of privatization
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The students within the groups will record their findings in their notebook.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Groups A and B will read the Philly article and Groups C and D will read the Utah article just for exposure.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Each group will “share out” to the class about what they found.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The teacher should lead a class discussion which reviews main points from the two articles as well as the group findings.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'cambria','serif';">- ­**Exit Ticket (20 min)**


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Students can connect and continue the exploration of this topic with other students via the ePals student forum.


 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Resources __**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Bishop, T. (2001). Deal to privative Philadelphia schools. Retrieved from []

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Winters, R. (2011). If school get’s ‘F,’ let’s privatize it, Utah senator says. Retrieved from http://m.sltrib.com/sltrib/mobile/52621785-78/utah-education-schools-governor/html.csp