Your Name: _______________________________
PUMAS TAKING ACTION!
RAISING CONSCIOUSNESS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES FACING
OUR COMMUNITY
RP1 CULMINATING PROJECT
(10% of your final grade)
STATEMENT OF THE CHALLENGE
Now that we have a better understanding of who we are and we are becoming more “woke” and aware of injustices around the country, it is time
for us to begin to take action! Our RP1 Culminating Project requires us to complete four different
surveys from three different groups of people in order to create a list of different social justice issues
facing our different communities.
A survey is a method of collecting information from people before we conduct research. We are going
to survey adults in our school community, upper classmen, lower classmen, and 7th graders in our
school community, some of our family members, and different people in our neighborhood.
Each survey will count as 20pts towards your project grade. The final 20pts will come from a written
reflection of your process (100pts total). Because the project will require you to schedule time with other
people, you will two weeks to complete it. It is due on Monday, October 17th – the last day of
class before Benchmarks!
HISTORY OF THE CHALLENGE
This project is modeled after a method called canvassing. Canvassing can be traced all the way
back to the 1600s in England when politicians would go door to door trying to get people to
support their cause. Back then, if politicians did not find enough votes during their canvass, they
would drop out of the election.
For our project, we will use canvassing as a way to determine the biggest issues facing our
community, and who is better to ask than the people who make up our communities?
THE FOUR DIFFERENT SURVEYS
Survey
Type
Who to Ask
School
Leaders
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Administrators
Teachers
Deans
Support Staff
School
Students
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7th Graders
9th Graders
10th Graders
11th Graders
12th Graders
How Many
People to
Ask
6
10
What can you say?
Give Background:
 Dean Nahl, as you know there are many issues facing our society, specifically our city and
school communities. In our Social Justice class, we are preparing to take action, but first we
want to collect information on those issues.
Politely Ask for Their Time:
 Do you have a moment so I can ask you a few questions for a survey?
 If not, when would be a good time?
Ask Your Three Survey Questions:
 What do you think is the most important social justice issue facing our community?
 What do you think we can do to fight against it?
 When my classmates and I create our action projects, would you be willing to help us fight
against different injustices?
Thank Them for Their Time:
 Thank you for your time. Your input was really helpful. I will follow up with you in a few
weeks after we complete our research.
 Can you sign your name, here?
Give Background:
 Excuse me, my name is ___. I’m currently taking 8th grade Social Justice, and we’re
studying different issues facing our society. Our goal is to get out in the community and take
action against different injustices, but first we want to collect information on those issues.
Politely Ask for Their Time:
 Do you have a moment so I can ask you a few questions for a survey?
 If not, when would be a good time?
 Can I have your name?
Ask Your Three Survey Questions:
 What do you think is the most important social justice issue facing our community?
 What do you think we can do to fight against it?
 When my classmates and I create our action projects, would you be willing to help us fight
against different injustices?
Thank Them for Their Time:
 Thank you for your time. Your input was really helpful. I will follow up with you in a few
weeks after we complete our research.
 Can you sign your name, here?
Neighbors
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Friends and
Family
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Any member
of your
neighborhood
that is not
related to you.
Store Owner
Etc.
4
Any member
of your family
OR a friend
who is NOT
an 8th grader
at Shoe.
5
Give Background:
 Excuse me, my name is ___. I’m currently taking a Social Justice at Shoemaker, and we’re
studying different issues facing our society. Our goal is to get out in the community and take
action against different injustices, but first we want to collect information on those issues.
Politely Ask for Their Time:
 Do you have a moment so I can ask you a few questions for a survey?
 If not, when would be a good time?
 Can I have your name?
Ask Your Three Survey Questions:
 What do you think is the most important social justice issue facing our community?
 What do you think we can do to fight against it?
 When my classmates and I create our action projects, would you be willing to help us fight
against different injustices?
Thank Them for Their Time:
 Thank you for your time. Your input was really helpful. I will follow up with you in a few
weeks after we complete our research.
 Can you sign your name, here?
Give Background:
 ___, I’m currently taking 8th grade Social Justice, and we’re studying different issues facing
our society. Our goal is to get out in the community and take action against different
injustices, but first we want to collect information on those issues.
Politely Ask for Their Time:
 Do you have a moment so I can ask you a few questions for a survey?
 If not, when would be a good time?
Ask Your Three Survey Questions:
 What do you think is the most important social justice issue facing our community?
 What do you think we can do to fight against it?
 When my classmates and I create our action projects, would you be willing to help us fight
against different injustices?
Thank Them for Their Time:
 Thank you for your time. Your input was really helpful. I will follow up with you in a few
weeks after we complete our research.
 Can you sign your name, here?
STUDENT MUST WRITE EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR EACH PARTICIPANT’S SIGNATURE.
SCHOOL LEADERS
Date
Printed Name
What do you think is the
most important social justice
issue facing our community?
What do you think we can do
to fight against it?
When my classmates and I
create our action projects,
would you be willing to help
us fight against different
injustices?
Signature
SCHOOL STUDENTS
Date
Printed Name
What do you think is the
most important social justice
issue facing our community?
What do you think we can do
to fight against it?
When my classmates and I
create our action projects,
would you be willing to help
us fight against different
injustices?
Signature
NEIGHBORS
Date
Printed Name
What do you think is the
most important social
justice issue facing our
community?
What do you think we can do to
fight against it?
When my classmates and I create
our action projects, would you be
willing to help us fight against
different injustices?
Signature
Date
Printed Name
What do you think is the
most important social justice
issue facing our community?
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
What do you think we can do
to fight against it?
When my classmates and I
create our action projects,
would you be willing to help
us fight against different
injustices?
REFLECTION
Compose a full-page reflection that answers the following questions:
1. What issues repeated the most in the surveys?
2. What was your most enjoyable aspect of the project?
3. What was it like to survey 25 different people?
4. If you had to select one of the issues from your survey to learn more about, which one would it be? Why?
Signature