In this lesson, student will return to the article, "Teens and Decision Making," in order to self assess their ability to analyze the main idea and supporting details in their homework.

In this lesson, students will begin to explore both ethnicity and sense of agency as aspects of identity. They will use this information to continue to develop their working definition of identity on the Identity Anchor Chart.

In this lesson, student will learn about slavery in America through various sources, including PBS produced Freedom: A History of US.

In this lesson, students will read a model poem, focusing on how the author of the poem used evidence.

In this lesson, students will analyze how a text and a video both use images, quotes, and sequence.

In this lesson ,students will continue to work with the text "The Border" and the technique of using the "quote sandwich" to cite evidence in writing. Students will draft a short response and use direct quotations from the text.

In 1899 and 1900, Secretary of State John Hay issued what became known as the Open Door Notes to foreign powers involved in China. Secretary Hay called on those powers to respect the rights of each other, to agree to an open market and equal trading opportunities for merchants of all nationalities, and to respect the territorial and administrative integrity of China.

In this lesson, students will read and analyze several text excerpts and select strong evidence to support their analysis.

In this lesson, students will compare and contrast text and video, focusing on making meaning and drawing conclusion from a text by using evidence.

In this lesson, students will annotate an informational text, focusing on how to tackle a complex text.

In this lesson, students will continue to read excerpts of "The Digital Revolution and the Adolescent Brain Evolution."

In this lesson, students will compare historical accounts of the Sudanese civil war to the novel A Long Walk to Water.

In this lesson, students begin to explore the idea of self-worth as a facet of identity. The text, "My Own True Name," is a first person narrative from the perspective of a Mexican American college student.

In this lesson, students will read "Cover Girl Culture" and locate relevant information to answer their supporting research questions.

In this lesson, students will analyze the author's use of alteration of historical information in the novel, comparing and contrasting historical and fictional accounts of historical events.

In this lesson, students will focus on if/then statements in "The Digital Revolution and the Adolescent Brain Evolution."

In this lesson, students will focus on making inferences from science while reading excerpts from "The Digital Revolution and the Adolescent Brain Evolution."

In this lesson, students will read and analyze an informational text that acts as a bridge between the building background on neuroscience texts in this unit and the argument texts about the effects of screen time in the text, "Growing Up Digital."

In this lesson, students will analyze the text "Is Money Affecting Your Social Status?" and identify claims, interactions, and structures.

In this lesson, students will be asked to explain how and why the novel's author both used and altered historical facts.