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Social Studies 9
Theme: Interactions and Interdependence of Nations
Essential Question: How might we determine whether a group of
people is a society?
9 IN9.4/b/c Field trip to After Handout for students to carry with them
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Unit Plan: Dean, Lorianne, Sarah, Tyler
Annotative Bibliography
Nicholson, B. (2016, November 11). Police arrest dozens of Dakota Access pipeline
protesters. Global News. Retrieved from
http://globalnews.ca/news/3063035/police-arrest-dozens-of-dakota-access-
pipeline-protesters/
This news article would act as a case study for the discussion of worldviews relating to
current events. This example also offers an opportunity to discuss an indigenous
perspective and contrasts that with a different worldview within the same country. This
exercise works to show students that worldview can and should be considered in
current events.
The Troy Davis Case. Retrieved from The Ohio State Moritz College of Law website
http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/students/groups/osjcl/amici-blog/the-troy-davis-case/
The website provides a thought-provoking case study for this class discussion.
The case study looks at the case of Troy Davis and his appeal while being on death
row. The case involves numerous appeal attempts based on redactions from witnesses
and new evidence. This case study would be provided to initiate discussion and debate
among students over the merits of the decisions relating to this case and the morality of
the death penalty, and how perspectives in these debates and discussion are informed
by and represent worldview.
Watch Mojo. (2010, May 27). The History of the British Empire [Video file] Video posted
to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm9NlYfjqXw
This video provides a brief overlook of the rise and fall of the British Empire, and
its subsequent influence globally. This video provides a source from which to discuss
worldview. After watching, the students will be asked to debate and discuss the
worldview of Britain and its citizens during and after the age of its empire, as well as
consider the ways in which Britain has influenced the worldview of countries and
regions formerly under British rule. Additionally, students would be asked to further
reflect on the similarities and differences between Canadian worldview and British
worldview, and how the British Empire influenced Canadian worldview.
Unit Plan: Dean, Lorianne, Sarah, Tyler
KWL Chart
Know, what do you know What do you want to Learn, what did you learn
know
Unit Plan: Dean, Lorianne, Sarah, Tyler
School as a Society
The definition of a Society is Society is a structured community of people
bound together by similar traditions, institutions, or nationality. How could
we relate that to our school?
Answer the questions below about society and school and discuss with
your group
Definitions
Traditions: The beliefs or customs passed down generation to generation
1. What are some examples of how our school is a society? (Think about people,
events and traditions in our school)
Troy Davis has been on death row for 17 years for a crime he maintains he did not
commit.
Troy Davis was convicted in 1991 for the murder of 27-year-old police officer Mark Allen
MacPhail -- who was shot and killed in the car park of a Burger King restaurant in
Savannah, Georgia on 19 August 1989. Troy was also convicted of assaulting Larry
Young, a homeless man, who was accosted immediately before Officer MacPhail was
shot. At the trial, Troy Davis admitted that he had been at the scene of the shooting, but
claimed he had neither assaulted Larry Young nor shot Officer MacPhail. There was no
physical evidence identifying him as the gunman and the weapon used in the crime was
never found. The case against him consisted of witness testimony. In affidavits signed
over the years since the trial, a majority of the states witnesses have recanted or
contradicted their testimony. In addition, there is post-trial testimony implicating another
man as the gunman.
In March 2008, the Georgia Supreme Court denied Troy Davis a new trial or a court
hearing in which post-conviction evidence could be presented. The Chief Justice of the
state Supreme Court, joined by two other Justices, dissented from this decision, arguing
that In this case, nearly every witness who identified Davis as the shooter at trial has
now disclaimed his or her ability to do so reliably. Three persons have stated that
Sylvester Coles confessed to being the shooter. Two witnesses have stated that
Sylvester Coles, contrary to his trial testimony, possessed a handgun immediately after
the murder. Another witness has provided a description of the crimes that might indicate
that Sylvester Coles was the shooter. The Chief Justice stated that the collective effect
of all of Daviss new testimony, if it were to be found credible by the trial court in a
hearing, would show the probability that a new jury would find reasonable doubt of
Daviss guilt or a least sufficient residual doubt to decline to impose the death penalty.
1. Should Troy Davis get a retrial that allows for all evidence to be presented, Why
or why not
2. Do you think post-conviction evidence should be able to be presented to overturn
previous convictions?
3. Should Troy Davis be sentenced to death for the crime that he was Convinced for
Mid-Unit Project
Unit Plan: Dean, Lorianne, Sarah, Tyler
In this project, in partners, you will be considering a society outside your own nation. It
is your job to consider the societys
Culture
Heritage
Nationality
Traditions
Religion
Government
Language
Gender Roles
Laws
Global Influence
Relationship with Environment
Relationship with other Society
Relationship with own Society
Make-up of Country
Once you have completed your research, you must then present your findings to the
class in a creative way. This could include a PowerPoint, Video, Skit, or any other way
you can think of.
Confirm the nation you are going to be researching along with how you are going to be
presenting with the teacher before starting your research. If you think of another society
to focus on that is not listed above, confirm that with the teacher during this time.
Unit Plan: Dean, Lorianne, Sarah, Tyler
Instruction: With a partner, discuss the questions provided and agree on an answer to each. Be
sure to list both of your names on the assignment. Do not be afraid to refer to resources and
research.
1) Discuss the different perspective and worldviews of European settlers and North American
indigenous groups?
2) What are the reasons that Indigenous peoples have different and/or similar worldviews in
regards to the European settlers?
4) How one society's advancement can hurt another society, in this case, European settlers
against North American indigenous groups?
Unit Plan: Dean, Lorianne, Sarah, Tyler
Review Questions
What is a society and what components do you need to create one?
What is the meaning of Worldview and how does it relate to the creation of
a society?
When people have differing worldviews, conflict can occur, give an example
of this.
Unit Plan: Dean, Lorianne, Sarah, Tyler
How did your society affect, influence, and impact worldview of the general
world? Also, look at if your society helped or hindered another society.
In this project, you will find and research another society that is related to
your own and compare and contrast it to your own society
Did your society change the worldview of the other society? Did the
other society change your societys worldview?
Did any of your two societies get destroyed due to another society
Once you have answered the questions above use a creative way to show
an example of one of the questions above. This could be a video, diorama,
Photo story, also you must do a 2 page write up on your findings.