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- Overview:
- Economist, cultural historian, social theorist, and unwavering critic of misguided social policy and self-important intellectuals, Thomas Sowell is celebrated as one of America’s greatest writers for his insistence on telling unpopular truths. He’s the author of over 50 books, countless essays and articles, and 19 scholarly papers in economics. But his ideas have also been shaped by his own life story, one that took him from rural North Carolina to the streets of Harlem, from the Marine Corps to the halls of academe, and from Marxism to classical liberalism. It’s a journey that might surprise Sowell’s critics – and that students of all ages will find compelling, empowering, and a wonderful introduction to a brilliant mind. Made possible in part by the generosity of the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation. The Woodson Center's Black History and Excellence curriculum is based on the Woodson Principles and tells the stories of Black Americans whose tenacity and resilience enabled them to overcome adversity and make invaluable contributions to our country. It also teaches character and decision-making skills that equip students to take charge of their futures. These lessons in Black American excellence are free and publicly available for all.
- Subject:
- U.S. History, Economics, Ethnic Studies
- Level:
- High School
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Author:
- Curriculum Team
- Provider:
- Woodson Center
- Date Added:
- 06/23/2024
- License:
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Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Downloadable docs
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C3 Framework for Social Studies
Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: Use appropriate deliberative processes in multiple settings.
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Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: Apply civic virtues and democratic principles when working with others.
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C3 Framework for Social Studies
Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: Analyze historical, contemporary, and emerging means of changing societies, promoting the common good, and protecting rights.
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C3 Framework for Social Studies
Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: Critique relationships among governments, civil societies, and economic markets.
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C3 Framework for Social Studies
Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: Evaluate social and political systems in different contexts, times, and places, that promote civic virtues and enact democratic principles.
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Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: Evaluate public policies in terms of intended and unintended outcomes, and related consequences.
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Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: Distinguish the powers and responsibilities of local, state, tribal, national, and international civic and political institutions.
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Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: Analyze the impact and the appropriate roles of personal interests and perspectives on the application of civic virtues, democratic principles, constitutional rights, and human rights.
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Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: Analyze the role of citizens in the U.S. political system, with attention to various theories of democracy, changes in Americans’ participation over time, and alternative models from other
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Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: Analyze how people use and challenge local, state, national, and international laws to address a variety of public issues.
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Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: Evaluate citizens’ and institutions’ effectiveness in addressing social and political problems at the local, state, tribal, national, and/or international level.
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Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: Evaluate multiple procedures for making governmental decisions at the local, state, national, and international levels in terms of the civic purposes achieved.
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Learning Domain: Economics
Standard: Use benefits and costs to evaluate the effectiveness of government policies to improve market outcomes.
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Learning Domain: Economics
Standard: Evaluate the selection of monetary and fiscal policies in a variety of economic conditions.
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Learning Domain: Economics
Standard: Use marginal benefits and marginal costs to construct an argument for or against an approach or solution to an economic issue.
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Learning Domain: Economics
Standard: Describe the possible consequences, both intended and unintended, of government policies to improve market outcomes.
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Learning Domain: Economics
Standard: Describe the roles of institutions such as clearly defined property rights and the rule of law in a market economy.
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Learning Domain: Economics
Standard: Analyze how incentives influence choices that may result in policies with a range of costs and benefits for different groups.
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Learning Domain: Economics
Standard: Generate possible explanations for a government role in markets when market inefficiencies exist.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Analyze change and continuity in historical eras.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Explain how the perspectives of people in the present shape interpretations of the past.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Analyze how historical contexts shaped and continue to shape people’s perspectives.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Analyze the ways in which the perspectives of those writing history shaped the history that they produced.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Analyze complex and interacting factors that influenced the perspectives of people during different historical eras.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Use questions generated about multiple historical sources to pursue further inquiry and investigate additional sources.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Evaluate how historical events and developments were shaped by unique circumstances of time and place as well as broader historical contexts.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Use questions generated about individuals and groups to assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by the historical context.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Analyze multiple and complex causes and effects of events in the past.
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Learning Domain: Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence
Standard: Gather relevant information from multiple sources representing a wide range of views while using the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources to guide the selection.
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Learning Domain: Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence
Standard: Identify evidence that draws information directly and substantively from multiple sources to detect inconsistencies in evidence in order to revise or strengthen claims.
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Learning Domain: Evaluating Sources and Using Evidence
Standard: Refine claims and counterclaims attending to precision, significance, and knowledge conveyed through the claim while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both.
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Learning Domain: Communicating Conclusions & Taking Informed Action
Standard: Critique the use of the reasoning, sequencing, and supporting details of explanations.
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Learning Domain: Communicating Conclusions & Taking Informed Action
Standard: Construct explanations using sound reasoning, correct sequence (linear or non-linear), examples, and details with significant and pertinent information and data, while acknowledging the strengths and weaknesses of the explanation given its purpose (e.g., cause and effect, chronological, procedural, technical).
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Learning Domain: Communicating Conclusions & Taking Informed Action
Standard: Critique the use of claims and evidence in arguments for credibility.
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C3 Framework for Social Studies
Learning Domain: Communicating Conclusions & Taking Informed Action
Standard: Use disciplinary and interdisciplinary lenses to understand the characteristics and causes of local, regional, and global problems; instances of such problems in multiple contexts; and challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address these problems over time and place.
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Learning Domain: Communicating Conclusions & Taking Informed Action
Standard: Assess options for individual and collective action to address local, regional, and global problems by engaging in self-reflection, strategy identification, and complex causal reasoning.
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Learning Domain: Communicating Conclusions & Taking Informed Action
Standard: Construct arguments using precise and knowledgeable claims, with evidence from multiple sources, while acknowledging counterclaims and evidentiary weaknesses.
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