Grade: 8th
Subject: Social Science Unit length: 5 weeks Essential Questions: 1. What is the history of High Stakes Testing? 2.How has High Stakes aided in creating a system of advantages and disadvantages for certain groups of people? 3.How does society justify those inequalities? |
Unit Theme: Students will examine the effect of High
Stakes Testing on their community and on the history of the United States.
Students will evaluate how High Stakes Testing has aided in creating advantages
and disadvantages for certain groups, and how that system operates in their
community.
Unit Relevance: This unit is relevant to the students because it infuses an issue (high stakes testing) that directly impacts their school (via opting out/state funding) and examining how that same issue is related to their communities ailments such as poverty, excessive taxation, media etc. Furthermore, the activities seek to allow students to draw connections from past historical situations to their current ones. All while learning state mandated standards and necessary skills. |
PLEASE NOTE: NEIU students completed this curriculum project as a requirement for Dr. Isaura Pulido’s course, "Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Public Education 305," and in conjunction with the Chicago Grassroots Curriculum Taskforce. All contents on this website were created solely by us, NEIU students, who were challenged to embrace local liberatory curriculum development from our own disciplines of focus. The curricular frameworks (maps, lesson plan, guides, etc.) represented here are from CGCT, yet the content reflects our own small group work and perspectives. It does not represent a CGCT curriculum and is not classroom-tested. We do hope this site assists you in your inquiries into grassroots curriculum development. Please see www.grassrootscurriculum.org for more information on the group we collaborated with. Thank you.
Created by: Jenny Cucinella, Sergio Nevarez, Jordan Kalaher, and Jeff Krause
Created by: Jenny Cucinella, Sergio Nevarez, Jordan Kalaher, and Jeff Krause