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Stand Up and Be Counted
Issue 50, March 2020
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Use this issue to teach College and Career Readiness (CCR) Standards.
Watch a recording of a webinar about how to teach with the census portion of this issue. (A webinar on using the election portion is coming soon.)
Call for Articles for Issue 50 [PDF]
- Census Packet (a collection of all the census related articles from this issue)
- A Sample of U.S. Political Groups: Where do they Stand on Key Issues?
- Additional election education materials can be found in our older but still relevant issue on “Democracy in Action.”
- More free census and election materials here!
Table of Contents
Click on the header to sort the list by title, page or level. To listen to the audio*, click on the titles with the headphone icon.
TITLE |
PAGE |
LEVEL |
 We Count, Count Us! [Read][PDF] |
3 | 6 |
| Who Counts? Everyone! [Read][PDF] |
4 | 4 |
| Still Undecided? Read This! [Read][PDF] | 5 | 6 |
| Do People Feel Safe Enough? [Read][PDF] |
6 | 4 |
| Know Your Rights & Responsibilities [Read][PDF] | 7 | 11 |
| Information Against Misinformation[Read][PDF] | 8 | 8 |
| Native Americans and the Census [Read][PDF] | 10 | 11 |
| Learning from History [Read][PDF] | 12 | 11 |
| Identity in a Box [Read][PDF] | 14 | 9 |
| Ask Not What the Census… [Read][PDF] |
17 | 5 |
| Prison Gerrymandering [Read][PDF] | 18 | 11 |
| Gerrymandering and the Fight for Democracy in 2020 [Read][PDF] | 19 | 8 |
| Thanks to My Great Aunt [Read][PDF] | 21 | 8 |
| Fight Like Hell for the Living [Read][PDF] |
22 | 9 |
| Voter Issues 2020 [Read][PDF] | 23 | 7 |
| If It’s Broke, Fix It! [Read][PDF] | 24 | 9 |
| U.S. Needs Affordable Health Care [Read][PDF] | 25 | 7 |
| Our Environment, Our Vote [Read][PDF] | 26 | 7 |
| Education Matters [Read][PDF] | 27 | 9 |
| What Can You Do If You Are Not a Citizen? [Read][PDF] |
28 | 4 |
| Many Ways for Immigrants to Participate [Read][PDF] | 29 | 9 |
| One by One, We Make a Difference [Read][PDF] |
30 | 6 |
| Voting Does Not Ensure Democracy [Read][PDF] |
31 | 8 |
| Transportation for Disabled People [Read][PDF] |
32 | 5 |
| Advocate for Your Loved Ones [Read][PDF] |
33 | 5 |
| #NewWaytoSpeakUp [Read][PDF] | 34 | 9 |
| Sudan Uprising and Social Media [Read][PDF] | 35 | 8 |
| Protesters in Hong Kong Fight for Democracy [Read][PDF] | 36 | 7 |
| We Need Basketball Courts [Read][PDF] | 38 | 5 |
| Children Count [Read][PDF] | 39 | 7 |
| Speaking Up About My Housing [Read][PDF] | 41 | 7 |
| I Used to Shake My Fist at Injustice, Now I Organize [Read][PDF] | 42 | 6 |
| The Fight for Fair Housing [Read][PDF] | 44 | 8 |
| A Person with Autism Finds his Voice [Read][PDF] | 46 | 7 |
| Family Meetings [Read][PDF] | 48 | 8 |
| My Family Heard My Voice [Read][PDF] |
49 | 7 |
| Speak Out about What Matters [Read][PDF] | 50 | 8 |
| An Advocate for Literacy [Read][PDF] | 52 | 7 |
| Learn How to Be an Advocate [Read][PDF] |
53 | 8 |
| Standing Up for Workers’ Rights [Read][PDF] | 54 | 7 |
Use the Stand Up and Be Counted issue to teach College and Career Readiness (CCR) Standards
The following chart is also available as a printable PDF.
The 10 anchor standards for reading can be broken up into 4 groups |
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| Anchor Standards | In Everyday English | TCA Excerpts | |
| Key Ideas and Details (R.CCR.1-3) | What does the text say? What does it not say? What does it mean? How can you prove it? | 3, 4, 6 , 7, 13, 16, 18, 21-26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 37, 40, 42, 45, 47, 49, 52 | |
| Craft & Structure (R.CCR.4-6) |
How does author use language? How is text organized? Who wrote it and why does that matter? | 16, 18, 19, 22, 24 | |
| Integration of Knowledge and Ideas (R.CCR.7-9) | How does this connect with other sources? Does it measure up? Is it valid? |
6, 20, 29, 41, 45, 49, 50 | |
| Range and Level of Text Complexity (R.CCR.10) | Can students read widely and deeply from a broad range of high-quality texts? | 6, 7, 20, 22, 40, 41, 47 | |
The 9 anchor standards for writing can be broken up into 3 groups |
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| Text Types and Purposes (W.CCR.1-3) | Write arguments. Write explanatory texts. Write narratives. Stress complexity, reasoning, evidence, and details. | 9, 23, 32, 37, 40, 41, 49 | |
| Production and Distribution of Writing (W.CCR4-6) | Know your audience. Speak clearly to them. Plan; revise. Use technology and the Internet to produce and publish writing and to collaborate and interact. | 25, 27, 33, 40, 51 | |
| Research to Build and Present Knowledge (W.CCR.7-9) | Research. Use various sources. Assess credibility of those sources. DO NOT plagiarize. | 6, 9, 11, 23, 25, 26, 27, 32, 40, 41, 55 | |
The 6 anchor standards for speaking and listening are broken up into 2 groups |
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| Comprehension and Collaboration (SL.CCR.1-3) | Be able to converse by expressing yourself and building on others’ ideas. Integrate information from diverse formats. Be able to evaluate a speaker’s point of view. | 6, 7, 8, 10, 9, 12, 14, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 34, 35, 39, 42, 46, 48, 50, 54, 55 | |
| Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas (SL.CCR. 4-6) | Present information in an organized way. Use various media in your presentations. Use formal English when necessary. | 4, 9, 17, 23, 25, 32 , 33, 38, 40 | |
The 6 anchor standards for language can be broken up into 3 groups |
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| Conventions of Standard English (L.CCR.1-2) | Get that grammar down! And spelling and punctuation too! | ||
| Knowledge of Language (L.CCR.3) | Choose words, phrases, and punctuation for effect. Vary sentence patterns. Notice how language is used in poetry, drama, etc. | 34, 38, 42, 47, 51 | |
| Vocabulary Acquisition and Use (L.CCR4-6) | Use context clues. Use a dictionary. Understand figurative language and nuance. Use academic and words. Independently acquire new vocabulary. | 4, 12, 18, 19, 21, 24, 34, 35, 38, 47, 49, 50, 52 | |
Key math shift: rigorous application of mathematics in real-world contexts. |
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| For pages that are relevant to the Math Practices and the Domains (at various levels), see the printable PDF. | |||
Adapted from “College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education,” Susan Pimentel, 2013; and with thanks to www.teachingthecore.com.