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Founding Perspective: Students will discuss what equality means to them, including who was included and excluded.

Critical Perspective: How does Douglass challenge the Founders’ ideals?

Immigrant Perspective: How do immigrants expand/redefine the creed?

Contemporary Perspective: How do modern Americans interpret these values in today’s context?

Strategies/skills:

Graphic Organizer chart completion

Collaborative discussion (station group work

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8.8b The postwar United States experienced increasing immigration, debates over immigration policy, and an increase in cultural diversity.

RH6 Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view, stance, or purpose (e.g, rhetorical,  language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts, images, visuals, etc.).

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7 minutes

Explain task (30 seconds -1 minutes): Ask students to take out a piece of paper and explain that they will be completing a short

Quick write & Pair share (1-7 minutes): “What does it mean to be American?” After, students share with peers around them, and if time allows, class discussion

Builds background knowledge and engages students in analyzing multiple perspectives, supporting objectives with 85% accuracy

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25 minutes
Explain task (7-8 minutes): Depending on class size, 4-5 students will be placed in a group for the four stations. At each station, students will read the excerpts provided and fill in the graphic organizer that answers the question. After about 6 minutes, students will rotate counterclockwise to the next station. (8- 33 minutes)

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5 minutes

Exit ticket Writing (33-38 minutes): Students will reflect on the question “What does it mean to be American?” and explain if their answers have changed or stayed the same after the graphic organizer activity.

Contribution to objectives: Checks understanding; reinforces synthesis; supports objectives with 85% accuracy

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Provide sentence starters and graphic organizers

Strategic grouping for peer support

Offer sources at varied reading levels if necessary

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Tech fails: use printouts of graphic organizers

Lesson short: Make the exit ticket part of a class discussion

Lesson Long: Assign exit ticket as homework due next class

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Finish the exit ticket, if not finished in class

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Graphic organizer on multiple perspectives- American Creed 

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This lesson for 8th grade social studies explore four sources from differing perspectives on what it means to be American. Students begin by reflecting on what it means to be American to them in an introduction activity. Next they will rotate through four stations looking at differing perspectives and answering the correlating questions. The lesson concludes with students answering the question they were given at the beginning of class about what it means to be American and if it has changed after reading the multiple perspectives from the station.

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Graphic organizer on multiple perspectives- American Creed 

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Meet Young Leaders | American Creed | PBS LearningMedia

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Discover what sparks people to get involved in their communities and build the skills democracy requires. A young Chicagoan rallies her community to fight pollution. A young fisherman protects his Native Alaskan community's right to subsist. Two young Army lieutenants defend values that inspire soldiers to work together across differences.

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Students will be able to define “creed” and connect it to American Identity with 85% accuracy.

Students will be able to examine multiple perspectives on American Values with 85% accuracy.

Students will be able to compare and contrast how different groups and individuals interpret American ideals with 85% accuracy.

Students will be able to reflect on their own developing “creed” as young Americans with 85% accuracy.