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Stoopid in America

Stoopid in America. An analysis of the current educational debate in the United States. Introduction. There is a constant debate in the United States about how the educational system is failing. Despite the debate, kids in the United States are falling behind those around the world.

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Stoopid in America

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  1. Stoopid in America An analysis of the current educational debate in the United States.

  2. Introduction • There is a constant debate in the United States about how the educational system is failing. • Despite the debate, kids in the United States are falling behind those around the world. • This activity meant to engage students to address the questions of the debate for themselves.

  3. Task • Students will use this PowerPoint to begin exploration of issues related to the United States educational system – the major question to answer is: Why are our kids falling behind the rest of the world?

  4. Process – Step 1 • To begin, click this link to go online and watch the [biased] video “Stupid in America” by 20/20 of ABC News: Link Text only: link

  5. Process – Step 2

  6. Process – Step 3 • Choose one of the groups from Step 2 and elaborate on their reasons for kids failing: Your response here.

  7. Process – Step 4 Review the following resources: The Heritage Foundation NEA National Center for Education Statistics List the most interesting fact you found here and explain why you thought it was interesting:

  8. Process – Step 5 Read the article “Why Our Children Fail” by James P. Lenfestey. What four opinions were expressed in the article? Put them in the blocks below:

  9. Process – Step 6 Using the information gathered in this activity form your own opinion of why are our kids falling behind the rest of the world. You should have: • A well written thesis statement • Five Paragraphs (at least) • Use at least 3 resources to support your arguments This essay will be posted as a comment to the blog entry at lessontrails.blogspot.com.

  10. Evaluation

  11. Conclusion Congratulations! You have completed this activity. • You should have posted your essay as a comment to lessontrails.blogspot.com. • You should have completed the questions and activities in this presentation. Type your name on this slide and the Task slide and save it to your H:/ drive and then print a handout of this presentation and turn it in to show your work.

  12. Credits • 20/20 ABC News for “Stupid in America” posted on YouTube. • Rubistar for the rubric used for evaluation. • Blogger used for posting essays as comments.

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