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The Opioid Crisis

What is driving the opioid crisis in our country? In what ways has the opioid crisis impacted your community? What are some ways this can be addressed?

Letter to the NYT opinion desk

Creative Artifact

Students write an editorial for the NYT Learning Network’s student opinion writing contest.  

 

Written Commentary

Students write a meta-commentary that explicates the argumentative moves they deploy in their editorials.

 

Exhibition

Students convert their editorials into a presentation, either on google slides or some other format, ideally for local health and policy-making professionals. 

 

Implementation Notes

Credit Eligibility

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    Humanities

Prerequisites Needed

N/A

Modular Suggestions

A module within a course tied to Contemporary Critiques or a Rhetoric-Based ELA Course

Standards Addressed

READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT

  • RI.11-12.5: Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
  • RI.11-12.6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.
  • RI.11-12.7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.

 

WRITING

  • W.11-12.1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
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