Grade 8 Spring — The 20th-Century World, the Long Civil Rights Movement as Multi-Movement Struggle, and a Civics Deep-Dive (US + Global 1898–Present, K-8 History Capstone)
History · CUL G8 hist.g8.s.cul.capstone_long_civil_rights_multi_movement_storybook

Capstone — student selects ONE civil rights movement from MG-18 (Black + Chicano + AIM + Asian American + LGBTQ+ + women's + disability + decolonial); researches >=4 primary sources via MG-7 TWELVE-Q SOURCE CARD; produces Foxfire 3-copy oral-history-and-research storybook + civic-action letter to one of 14 named institutions; presents to class scored on 5-STAR rubric; completes 5-question self-reflection (Banks Level 4 SOCIAL ACTION)

STUDENT-CHOICE capstone (Banks Level 4 SOCIAL ACTION): each student selects ONE movement from MG-18; researches >=4 primary sources (>=1 movement-leader own-voice + >=1 survivor or grassroots own-voice + >=1 contemporaneous opposition or contextual source + >=1 contemporary scholarship); applies MG-7 TWELVE-Q SOURCE CARD to each; produces Foxfire 3-copy storybook (~16 pages: research narrative + primary-source plates + Q12 PRESENT-CONNECTION + civic-action letter draft) — 3 copies (1 school library + 1 family + 1 named institution); civic-action letter mailed to 1 of 14 named descendant-community institutions: NMAAHC + Yad Vashem International School + USC Shoah Foundation + Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum + Manzanar NHS / Densho + Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino + Smithsonian APA Center + Stonewall National Monument + Disability Visibility Project + Apartheid Museum + Mahatma Gandhi National Memorial + Nelson Mandela Foundation + Vietnam Center + AIM Grand Governing Council; presents to class (8 min) scored on 5-STAR rubric (PRIMARY SOURCES + OWN-VOICE + MULTI-PERSPECTIVE + PRESENT-CONNECTION + CIVIC ACTION); completes 5-question self-reflection (I-LEARNED + I-CAN + I-STILL-WONDER + WHAT-I-WILL-DO + WHO-I-AM-AS-HISTORIAN); assessment-as-learning per §6.3.4.

Mastery threshold
90%
Min instances
12
Typical minutes
90
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Successors

No declared successors.

Common misconceptions
  • Selecting a movement without applying MG-7 12-Q SOURCE CARD to each primary source — Q10 + Q11 + Q12 are required not optional
  • Drafting a civic-action letter that is performative not substantive — must include specific request + acknowledge institution's existing work + commit to follow-up
  • Treating capstone as fixed-leader hagiography (e.g. selecting Black Freedom but writing only about MLK) — refuses MG-14f LONG-CIVIL-RIGHTS-MULTI-MOVEMENT PROMISE; must center ≥3 leaders including grassroots organizers

Exercise pool (4)