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Under the Feet of Jesus inquiry project

Under the Feet of Jesus Inquiry Project

IMMERSE

  • Build background knowledge
  • Connect to content
  • Discover interesting ideas

Goals for Immerse

  • Build background knowledge as an inquiry community by reading these common texts.
  • Think about what you learned in these texts and identify ideas you want to know more about. 

Your assignment

  1. Read the article by Ralph Nader
  2. Complete the Inquiry Journal Prompt (on Google Classroom)
  3. Start a Noodletools project called "Inquiry Project" and share it with the right project inbox: Kelley D block, Kelley E Block or Kelley H Block

Inquiry Tools

Inquiry Journal
You will keep an Inquiry Journal which your teachers will check throughout the project. It contains the

  • Inquiry Journal Prompt where you answer specific questions 
  • Inquiry Log where you keep a record of your inquiry choices and strategies,
  • Stop and Jot sheets where you can make quick notes about what you're reading. 

Inquiry Circle
You'll meet in small groups based on common interests to think through important points in the inquiry process

Reading

Nader, Ralph. "Migrant Workers and America's Harvest of Shame." Migrant Workers, edited by Roman Espejo, Greenhaven Press, 2015. At Issue. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ3010943205/OVIC?u=mlin_m_westonhs&sid=OVIC&xid=522ee13d. Accessed 29 Nov. 2020. Originally published in commondreams.org, 2 Aug. 2013.


 

Viramontes, Helena Maria. Nopalitos: The Making of Fiction (testimonio).


Viramontes, Helena Maria. Under the Feet of Jesus. New York, Plume, 2014.