Students will find, evaluate, and select credible sources to create a research product.

This represents an entire unit designed to be cross curricular in nature for English 11 and VA/US History. The Historical Fiction Research Unit Google Doc can be found here and contains various links to additional resources to support this unit of study.The "before", "during", and "after" are included in each day for this series.  The unit will take approximately 12 days.

An extension project to pair with A Raisin in the Sun: Whose American Dream? from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Retrieved from https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans/raisin-sun-whose-american-dream

Students will research and then compose a researched-based persuasive essay. Students will debate with opponents of their topic in front of their teacher and peers. ** This performance assessment was developed by a collaborative team of teachers and division staff from Middlesex, Poquoson, and West Point school divisions.