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SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Big Problems, Simple SolutionsMagazine-style article

Is Gaming Good For You?Research report

Engaging LearnersResearch report

Food RevolutionMagazine-style article

Power PosesResearch report

Kite PowerNews report

Thinking in PicturesBiographical article

Information is BeautifulMagazine-style article

• Getting the main ideas• Identifying supporting ideas• Understanding references• Getting meaning from

context

• Getting the main ideas• Understanding key details• Scanning for information• Getting meaning from

context

• Getting the main ideas• Understanding key details• Understanding visuals• Making inferences• Getting meaning from context

• Getting the main ideas• Understanding key details• Analyzing pros and cons• Understanding data• Getting meaning from context

• Getting the main ideas• Understanding key details• Supporting ideas with evidence• Finding similarities and differences• Getting meaning from context

• Getting the main ideas• Identifying problems and

solutions• Understanding infographics• Getting meaning from context

• Getting the main ideas and details

• Recognizing text structure• Getting meaning from context

• Getting the main ideas• Scanning for specific

information• Making comparisons• Getting meaning from context

• Scanning for information• Getting the main ideas• Understanding key details • Getting meaning from context

• Getting the main ideas• Understanding infographics• Getting meaning from context

• Evaluating and justifying an opinion

• Inferring reasons• Reflecting on own experience

• Reflecting on own experience

• Applying information• Reflecting on own experience

• Analyzing statements• Reflecting on own experience

• Evaluating and justifying an opinion

• Reflecting on possible solutions

• Inferring meaning in statements

• Reflecting on possibilities

• Inferring meaning in statements

• Reflecting on own experience

• Reasoning solutions• Interpreting a writer’s

statement

• Reflecting on own experience• Applying ideas to other

contexts

Trouble for the Air Plants Scientific article

STARTING UPInterdisciplinary

BRIGHT IDEASHealth / Innovations

GAME CHANGERSSociology / Technology

LESSONS IN LEARNING Psychology / Education

FOOD FOR LIFEFood / Health

BODY SIGNSBehavior / Psychology

ENERGY BUILDERSEnergy / Engineering

CHANGING PERSPECTIVESEngineering / Art

DATA DETECTIVESStatistics / Economics

FRAGILE FORESTSConservation

Lesson A ReadingUnit/Theme Reading Skills Critical Thinking

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Inspired LeadershipMagazine-style article

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How to Start a MovementDerek Sivers

Conserving the CanopyNalini Nadkarni

A Warm Embrace that Saves LivesJane Chen

Gaming Can Make a Better WorldJane McGonigal

The Key to Success? GritAngela Lee Duckworth

Teach Every Child About FoodJamie Oliver

Your Body Language Shapes Who You AreAmy Cuddy

How I Harnessed the WIndWilliam Kamkwamba

Deep Sea Diving. . . in a WheelchairSue Austin

The Beauty of Data VisualizationDavid McCandless

• Understanding main ideas and key details

• Identifying tone and attitude

• Understanding main ideas and key details

• Recognizing purpose• Recognizing supporting

evidence

• Understanding main ideas and key details

• Identifying solutions• Visualizing a process

• Understanding main ideas and key details

• Summarizing• Recognizing tone and

message

• Understanding main ideas • Understanding overall

message • Understanding terms• Summarizing the talk

• Understanding main ideas and key details

• Understanding main ideas and key details

• Recognizing sequence• Identifying purpose• Summarizing

• Understanding main ideas • Visualizing a process• Understanding causes and

effects

• Understanding main ideas and key details

• Recognizing tone and message

• Understanding main ideas and key details

• Evaluating information• Reflecting on own experience • Synthesizing information

• Inferring reasons• Synthesizing information

• Predicting solutions• Synthesizing information• Interpreting a statement

• Inferring statements• Reflecting on own experience • Evaluating information

• Evaluating information• Synthesizing information• Reflecting on own experience

• Inferring meaning • Evaluating information• Reflecting on own experience

• Reflecting on own experience • Inferring statements• Reasoning ideas

• Inferring meaning• Synthesizing information

• Inferring meaning• Comparing information

• Analyzing information• Reflecting on own experience • Interpreting a speaker’s

statement

• Researching other movements

• Researching a sustainability project

• Researching low-cost innovations

• Creating a proposal for a new game

• Preparing a survey on success

• Planning an event to promote Food Revolution Day

• Practicing power poses

• Researching solutions to energy problems

• Researching people who challenge our assumptions

• Creating an infographic

Lesson B TED Talks Academic Skills Critical Thinking Project

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