Quarter 1 Lesson Plans
Quarter 1 Lesson Plans & Materials
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Handouts: First Quarter Process Journals
Objective: To create a space that allows participants to feel comfortable sharing their thoughts, beliefs, and experiences
PDF Lesson Plan: Building Trust & Setting Ground Rules
Supplemental PowerPoint: Building Trust & Setting Ground Rules
Objective: To get a sense of what students know about research and to set a basic framework of the YPAR project
PDF Lesson Plan: Introduction to YPAR
Supplemental PowerPoint: Introduction to YPAR ; Phases of the Action Research Process
Objective: To define your community and recognize the communities that you are and are not part of at this time
PDF Lesson Plan: Who is My Community
Supplemental PowerPoint: Who is My Community
Handouts: Community Venn Diagram
Objective: To identify key issues and assets in the community
PDF Lesson Plan: Community Issues and Assets
Supplemental PowerPoint: Identifying Community Issues and Assets
Handouts: YPAR Why Train, How Train
Objective: To understand how research can help you advocate or make a better argument
To see how other groups have used research for change
PDF Lesson Plan: Research That Drives Change
Supplemental PowerPoint: Research that Drives Change
Handouts: Skit Scenarios; Research Video Worksheet
(optional lesson)
Objective: To build understanding of institutional change
To brainstorm actions to reflect institutional change
PDF Lesson Plan: Understanding Institutional Change
Supplemental PowerPoint: Understanding Institutional Change
Handouts: Changemaker & Changestopper Skits
Objective: To identify the issue of interest to be researched
To write a research question
PDF Lesson Plan: Defining the Research Question
Supplemental PowerPoint: Defining the Research Question
Handouts: What Makes a Good Research Question; Identification of the Issue
Objective: To identify a personal connection to an issue
To practice public speaking skills
PDF Lesson Plan: Personal Connections to the Selected Issue
Supplemental PowerPoint: Personal Connections to Issue
Handout: Personal Connections
Objective: To identify the factors that influence the chosen topic
To develop hypotheses about the relationships between independent and dependent variables
PDF Lesson Plan: Hypothesis Development
Supplemental PowerPoint: Hypothesis Development
Handouts: Developing Hypotheses ; Factors Influencing the Issue
Objective: To identify the process for writing meaningful research questions
To evaluate students’ research questions
PDF Lesson Plan: Writing a (Good) Research Question
Supplemental PowerPoint: Writing a Good Research Question
Handouts: Developing a Good Research Question; How to Write a Research Question; Research Question Examples
Objective: To help students test their research question
PDF Lesson Plan: Testing Your Research Question
Supplemental PowerPoint: Testing your Research Question
Student Presentation: Testing your Research Question_Individual Presentation_Student copy
Handouts: A Guide to Testing your Research Question; Feedback on Research Questions
001 First Quarter Process Journals
002 Building Trust and Setting Ground Rules
006 Community Issues and Assets
008 Research That Drives Change
010 Understanding Institutional Change
011 Defining the Research Question
012 Personal Connections to the Selected Issue
015 Writing a (Good) Research Question
016 How to Write a Research Question
017 Research Question Examples