Elise Ando, Lauren Stashak, Jaylyn Zimmer

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™

Compelling Question What parallels do you notice between Angela Davis and the Civil Rights Movement?
NYS Social Studies 11.4 a Between 1865 and 1900, constitutional rights were extended to African
Framework Americans. However, their ability to exercise these rights was undermined by
individuals, groups, and government institutions.
11.5 b Rapid industrialization and urbanization created significant challenges and
societal problems that were addressed by a variety of reform efforts.
How can the action society has taken towards civil rights be so easily warped by
Staging the Question
government policies or societal beliefs?
Supporting Supporting Supporting
Question 1 Question 2 Question 3
In what ways did America during the What are some of the major How did the actions of Angela
Southern Reconstruction Era events in the Civil Rights Davis impact the Civil Rights
systematically bring about racism? Movement that deepened the Movement? Why are her actions
issue of racism and less noticed?
discrimination in America?
Formative Formative Formative
Performance Task Performance Task Performance Task
Explain assimilationist thoughts from Create a timeline of all major Review, analyze and discuss
the perspective of Thomas Jefferson, events during the Civil Rights Angela Davis’s timeline and her
Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Movement. Analyze which time as an activist. Explore why
Jr, and W.E.B du Bois. Analyze how events would benefit or worsen and how her actions were important
although there were movements the cause. to the civil rights movement.
towards Civil Rights, the issue
continued.
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Create a timeline of Angela Davis and her strides toward Civil Rights and parallel it to
Summative events of the Civil Rights Movement.
Performance Task
Taking Informed Understand: Identify ways in which racism is still prevalent in today’s world. Have these
Action ideas changed or been altered since the start of the Civil Rights Movement? Is racism
prevalent or noticable in your community?
Assess: List out ways in which one can combat racism locally or on a grand scale. Can
you notice racist ideas around you and how can you fix it in a meaningful way?

Action: Choose one of the listed options and implement it, either as an individual, group,
or a class. Decide if action will be taken on a local or larger scale. From your list of
options, evaluate which option would be best fitting for your cause and how quickly it
can be implemented.