Resource Spotlight:
A Text Set from the Coming-of-Age Collection
Power, Agency, and Voice (Designed for Grades 11-12) Adolescence is an important time for students to learn about the concept of agency and the role it can play in their decision-making process. The resources and activities in this text set help students to recognize the power they have and the many factors that can influence their agency in moments of decision-making. Recognizing their own individual and collective agency can help them feel more in control of their lives and develop confidence and conviction in their ideas, decisions, and voices.
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Resource Spotlight:
A Text Set from the Coming-of-Age Collection
Teaching Notes A collection of Teaching Notes accompany each text set that are designed to help prepare you to use this resource with your class. We suggest reviewing these notes and the information and strategies contained within as you plan your use of any text set.
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Resource Spotlight:
A Text Set from the Coming-of-Age Collection
Text Set Overview Grid Each text set comes with an overview grid which will give you a snapshot of the activities, guiding questions, and texts used in the text set. Explore the overview grid by selecting the orange "+" icons on the interactive image that appears when you select "Begin" below.
Begin
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Plan on a Page
The plan on a page will help you see the entire lesson plan at a glance. It will not include the teacher notes and overview language that you see on the webpage for each lesson.
Texts and Materials
Text sets are a diverse collection of multi-genre materials. Here you will find direct links to all of the materials needed for each lesson including readings, videos, audio recording, and handouts.
Guiding Questions
These questions are designed to “guide” students towards a lesson-specific learning outcome. Facing History guiding questions require some inference, not simply recall, and support students to engage deeply with the lesson's texts and concepts through reflection, discussion, and/or more formal writing.
Essential Questions
Each text set has one or more Essential Questions. Facing History essential questions invite students to use their imagination and experiences as they explore the complexities of identity, human behavior, and decision-making. These questions are designed to foster deep thinking and spark discussion as students deepen their understanding of the literature they read and the world in which they live.
Lesson Overview
The Lesson Overview includes a high-level overview of each lesson's activities, and a link to the webpage for the full lesson and corresponding materials. Facing History texts sets are intended to be taught in the order they are presented over the course of one to two weeks, depending on the length of your class periods and whether or not students complete some of the reading for homework. While the activities are deliberately sequenced to bring students into and out of conversations with care, you may need to adapt them, as well as the summative assessment, for your unique classroom context.
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Resource Spotlight:
A Text Set from the Coming-of-Age Collection
Power, Agency, and Voice (Designed for Grades 11-12) Adolescence is an important time for students to learn about the concept of agency and the role it can play in their decision-making process. The resources and activities in this text set help students to recognize the power they have and the many factors that can influence their agency in moments of decision-making. Recognizing their own individual and collective agency can help them feel more in control of their lives and develop confidence and conviction in their ideas, decisions, and voices.
1 of 3
Resource Spotlight:
A Text Set from the Coming-of-Age Collection
Teaching Notes A collection of Teaching Notes accompany each text set that are designed to help prepare you to use this resource with your class. We suggest reviewing these notes and the information and strategies contained within as you plan your use of any text set.
2 of 3
Resource Spotlight:
A Text Set from the Coming-of-Age Collection
Text Set Overview Grid Each text set comes with an overview grid which will give you a snapshot of the activities, guiding questions, and texts used in the text set. Explore the overview grid by selecting the orange "+" icons on the interactive image that appears when you select "Begin" below.
Begin
3 of 3
Plan on a Page
The plan on a page will help you see the entire lesson plan at a glance. It will not include the teacher notes and overview language that you see on the webpage for each lesson.
Texts and Materials
Text sets are a diverse collection of multi-genre materials. Here you will find direct links to all of the materials needed for each lesson including readings, videos, audio recording, and handouts.
Guiding Questions
These questions are designed to “guide” students towards a lesson-specific learning outcome. Facing History guiding questions require some inference, not simply recall, and support students to engage deeply with the lesson's texts and concepts through reflection, discussion, and/or more formal writing.
Essential Questions
Each text set has one or more Essential Questions. Facing History essential questions invite students to use their imagination and experiences as they explore the complexities of identity, human behavior, and decision-making. These questions are designed to foster deep thinking and spark discussion as students deepen their understanding of the literature they read and the world in which they live.
Lesson Overview
The Lesson Overview includes a high-level overview of each lesson's activities, and a link to the webpage for the full lesson and corresponding materials. Facing History texts sets are intended to be taught in the order they are presented over the course of one to two weeks, depending on the length of your class periods and whether or not students complete some of the reading for homework. While the activities are deliberately sequenced to bring students into and out of conversations with care, you may need to adapt them, as well as the summative assessment, for your unique classroom context.