The Lore - 1980s 
English Language Arts Unit
 
The LORE is a new series of ELA unit studies that are academically rigorous, stretch students in comprehension, analysis, writing and all those things but by looking at a decade in time - the first being the 1980s. The 80s was bright, colourful, loud and fascinating to explore! 
 
Anything can teach anything and ELA curriculums typically have the most flexibility on the content you use to teach the standard outcomes. 
 
This high school level study is perfect for grades 9-12 and would be the equivalent of 30-40 credit hours. There are 12 lessons included but each lesson has multiple parts and an in depth ELA activity/assignment. A grade book and grading rubrics are included to make marking and record keeping a breeze. 
 
Lore that is Covered:
 
🛼 Growing up in the 80s
 
🛼 The Last Analogue Generation
 
🛼 80s Music, Fashion and Technology
 
🛼 80s Toys
 
🛼 Commercials, messaging, and home video games
 
🛼 Irrational Fears of the 80s - Quicksand! 😱
and more!
 
ELA Outcomes Covered:
 
🛼 Using academic formats for responses such as PEE, PMI, Split Column and Venn Diagrams
 
🛼 Lyric Analysis, Critiques of ads, and creating Compare and Contrast Infographics
 
🛼 Satirical writing with a 80s Childhood Survival Guide
 
🛼Writing a Personal Narrative, a Jingle, archival records, curator summary and Rhetoric (write about the same subject for 3 different purposes)
 
🛼 Visual and graphic design in the infographic, a One-Pager visual summary, and the Survival Guide layout
 
There’s so much more to this unit! 
 
The content in this study is HIGH INTEREST and it’s also going to be a lot of fun to discuss between generations (parent/child or teacher/student). 
 
Grades: Geared to high school grades 9-12
Timeline: 30-40 hours so 6-8 weeks ish
Credit? Would be equivalent to 30-40 hours in an English course.