Thematic+Essential+Questions+Eighth+Grade

Thematic Concept: Control Thematic Big Idea: Conflict influences control.

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 * 1) What is control?
 * Control is the power to influence or direct behavior, ideas, or events.

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 * 1) Who has control (and how do they use it)?
 * Everyone has control (but not everyone has the same "amount" of control.)
 * Control is exercised through persuasion and force. (e.g., through fear, policy, manipulation)

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 * 1) What are responses to control?
 * Conformity and resistance are responses to control and conflict.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thematic Concept: Power <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thematic Big Idea: Conflict creates and suppresses power.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is power?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Power is the ability to affect change.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who has power (and how do they get it)?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Everyone has power (but not everyone has the same "amount" of power).
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Power is gained through consensus, control, and conflict.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How can power be used?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Power can be used in positive or negative ways.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How is power controlled?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Power is controlled through balance.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What happens when power is "out of balance"?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The imbalance of power can lead to corruption, resistance, conformity.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thematic Concept : Conformity and Resistance <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thematic Big Idea: Conformity and resistance are responses to conflict.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What does it mean to conform and to resist?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Conforming is acting in agreement with a group or idea. Resisting is withstanding or opposing a group or idea.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What motivates conformity?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Physical, social, and emotional needs (actual or perceived) motivate conformity.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What motivates resistance?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Conflict (person v. self, person v. person, person v. idea/value) motivates resistance.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What do conformity and resistance achieve/produce?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Conformity and resistance can be beneficial or detrimental (to community, to individuality, to identity, to power, or to change).

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thematic Concept: Change <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thematic Big Idea: Without conflict, there is no change.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Where/when does change occur?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Change occurs within the individual and within society.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Change occurs in cycles.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does change happen?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Change results from conflict.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who can affect change (and how)?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Everyone has the power to effect change.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Individuals can effect change through the choices they make.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the power of change? How is change powerful? What makes change more/less powerful?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Change can improve society and the individual.