Advocates of the Roundtable 2017

Unit Checklist and Contract Name _____________________

People in my Group: ____________________________________________

This Unit has four major components – 1) Research, 2) Action Step in the Community, 3) Ted Talk, 4)Demonstration Booth and 5) a quality Notebook showing Evidence of all work

Advocates of the Roundtable Checklist of Things to do

CRITERIA for “An Activist in Today’s Society” Quick Reason Why you chose this issue

(Elaborated on another doc)You will decide upon an issue that is important to you – one that you feel passionate enough about to create awareness to an audience about the issues and advocate for your belief. Issue: ______________________________________________________________

STEPS IN PROCESSPUT A CHECK WHEN GIVEN TO YOU

Evidence of completionSign your name and date

1. Introduction letter given to students. _____2. Contract given to students and signed by parents. _____3. Decision made for advocacy and community organization you will advocate for. ___4. Planning document for description and research given _____

Due: Wed 5/3/17Sig _________________

1. RESEARCH PART ONE: You will create a list of at least 8 questions (on the planning document) that you or your team decides are related and important to be researched. You will find answers to those questions through a variety of avenues that you choose with support from anyone you seek out to help you. You will complete the Question/Answer Organizer Chart given to you called “Advocates of the Roundtable Planning Document” that was given to you.

Due: Friday 5/5/17Sig _________________

2. RESEARCH PART TWO: EVIDENCE Planning Document for Booth AdvocacyAs you become an expert or experts on the issue through your research, you will show evidence of your knowledge in your demonstration booth. Plan ways you will advocate in your booth with spoken word, written word, art, music, etc. When people come to your booth they should see this.

Brainstorming Sheet: Ways We can Advocate ______ (completed) We will support you in class showing you ways to advocate using art _____ We will support you in class showing you ways to advocate using poetry/song _____ We will support you in class showing you other ways that people have advocated _____

Due ___________Ideas/Plan:

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3. COMMUNITY VISIT/CONTACTYou will make contacts with the organization(s) that you have decided to advocate for to match your cause. You must make contacts either by personally visiting the organization or communication in another way. This should be documented on your Community Contact Sheet.

DUE: ________ Ideas/Plan:

4. ACTION STEP/SOCIAL MEDIAYou will create a plan to take an action step or action steps in your community. Yes, that’s right – right here in Cary! Your action step will be to promote awareness for your cause with the purpose of promoting some kind of change. You will send pictures and videos of your action steps (without faces) with text description of the event. An Action Step Document Sheet will be given.

Document your plan on the Action Step Document Sheet Document your steps taken and describe them on this same document Take pictures/videos of the event

ONGOINGIdeas/Plan:

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Advocates of the Roundtable 2017

COMMUNICATION ON YOUR ACTION STEPS WILL BE SENT TO THE PEOPLE BELOW TO POST Send communication on this to Mrs. Rudder via email or text: 919-621-1278 Send communication on this to Mrs. St. John: melissa@socialsolved.net

BE PREPARED TO SHOW EVIDENCE OF THESE ACTION STEPS IN YOUR DEMONSTRATION BOOTH ON JUNE 27TH

ONGOING

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5. TED TALK – on the Ted Talk PlatformYou will demonstrate your advocacy through a TED TALK to be delivered on June 27th.

Plan your Ted Talk using the Ted Talk Plan/Criteria Document Time of your Ted Talk will be given to you Length of Ted Talk: At least 5 minutes – no longer than 10 minutes Evidence of everyone in the group involved in some way is required Proof of Action Steps must be demonstrated in the Ted Talk

Ted Talk ScriptDue: June 15Ideas/Plan:

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6. ADVOCACY BOOTH AND PRODUCT CREATION – Layout Plan for BoothYou will plan and will design your demonstration area, create needed props, signs, technology, etc. for “Advocates of the Roundtable” Demonstration. You will be provided with a table, chairs, and a space approximately 9ft x 9ft. You will need to ask if you need technology equipment and extra space.

You must have a product creation that is directly linked to your cause. (See box 2) Product must be tangible, unique and hand-created by YOU to represent your cause. It is encouraged that you have something to distribute when people come to your booth

such as buttons, cards, trinkets of some kind, pamphlets, etc. Be creative!

DUE June 26th

Layout Plan due

7. INVITATIONSYou will invite people to the demonstration. Copies of letters should be in your notebook.

Organizations that you advocated for should be invited Parents should be invited Others?

INVITATION LETTERS must be sent online or by hard copies. Paper with “Advocates of the Roundtable” letterhead will be provided.

Invitations sent out byJUNE 19th at the latest.

8. ADVOCATES OF THE ROUNDTABLE BINDERS All documents should be neatly organized in your binders. Documents will be put on Google Classroom for you to complete neat copies, printed out

and placed in notebook. Drafts of hand-written documents should also be in notebook Table of Contents page required Photo page and any other documentation needed for proof of your work should be

included in the binder.

FINAL BINDERS DUE June 27th Demonstration Day

9. REFLECTIONSYou will complete reflections – both discussion and written of the process in this Advocates of the Roundtable Problem-based Unit

Reflection materials will be provided.

Signatures:

I have read the steps required for completion of this unit and discussed it with my child. Any questions or concerns I have I will email to Mrs. Rudder. I am willing to communicate with the parents of others in my child’s group and support my child outside of the classroom with this project in ways that I can. Parent Signature: ________________________________

I have read the steps required for completion of this unit and discussed with my parent(s)/guardian(s). I will commit with my best efforts and will ask questions along the way throughout the unit. I will keep up with my notebook and the due dates. Student Signature: _________________________________