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Editorial Pages for Oil Spills  Unit Title: Editorial Pages-Oil Spill Grade Level: 7th Grade Unit Summary: Students will analyze newspaper editorials and political cartoons as they relate to the BP oil spill. The students will analyze the author’s purpose, author’s argument and the use of persuasive strategies depicting both sides of the argument “to drill or not to drill”. Students will work in specific groups (i.e. BP, fishermen) to research points of view regarding the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from a certain perspective using the information to “persuade” others by creating an editorial using factual information to argue their points. Their letters will be culminated into an editorial page along with political cartoons using persuasive strategies. Essential Question: How does conflict produce change? Presentation:

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How do I use facts to persuade others? How do we create a political cartoon to express our group opinion? What are the steps needed to create a political cartoon using Comic Life? What are some possible solutions to the BP Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? 