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Objective

Formulate and share unique arguments about meaning across Unit 1 texts. Support arguments with strong and thorough textual evidence in a summative Socratic Seminar.

Readings and Materials

  • Excerpt: SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Chapter 3) 

  • Excerpt: “Epiphany in the Beans” from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

  • Short Story: “A&P” by John Updike 

  • Excerpt: Justice by Michael J. Sandel 

  • Poem: “The World is Too Much With Us” by William Woodsworth 

  • Letter: “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr. 

  • Essay: “Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation” by John Lewis 

  • Public Statement: “A Call for Unity” by Alabama Clergymen 

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