WEAR A MASK!
A COVID-19 Dilemma
ELA/History/Social
Ms. C. Bargellini
INTRODUCTION
Has this ever
happened to you? You are in a public place, the park, a store, on mass transportation,
and someone or a group of people is not wearing a mask or is wearing a mask
improperly?
How would you
like to take a deep dive into mask wearing in New York City during the COVID-19
pandemic? Who is most likely not to wear a mask? Why do people wear their masks
improperly? What actions can be done to support others to wear a mask?
TASK
At the end of
this WebQuest, in 5 periods, you will be able to:
1- Track
approximately how many people are not wearing a mask or have difficulty wearing
the mask properly in New York City.
2- Develop at
least one solution to support others to wear a mask.
3- Create a
presentation product of your choice (from a menu) to publicize your findings
and present to class. (2 teams per choice.)
Presentation Product Choice
Menu
|
Create a Google Slides |
Create a Video |
Create a Padlet |
|
Write a Newspaper Article |
Record a Rap Song |
Create a Digital Poster |
PROCESS/RESOURCES
Student
Teams:
Teacher will
create teams of 5 students. Teacher reserves the right to move students to and
from teams and will confirm final team members. Teachers will create folders for each team in Google Drive to work on
their presentation choice.
Task
Instructions:
1. Student
Teams will research mask wearing in New York City as it relates to COVID-19 and
create a solution for the issue using the Public Policy Analyst (PPA) Steps.
2. Student
Teams will consist of a Leader*, Recorder, Spokesperson, Strategy Analyst, and
Checker (Role Assignments)
3. Each student
team will choose any 3 websites below to research this issue.
4. Student
teams will complete a presentation from the Choice Menu above (maximum of 2
teams per choice)
5. Student
teams will present their presentation (5-7 minutes) to the class.
Websites for Research:
1) CBS New York Team (With
Video)
NYPD: Woman Assaulted On
Subway For Not Wearing A Mask December 25, 2020
2) Brooklyn Paper
THREE SOUTHERN BROOKLYN NABES LEAD CITY
IN COVID-19 POSITIVITY RATES by Jessica Parks
Posted on January 21, 2021
3) NYC COVID-19 Citywide
Information Portal
Face Coverings
4) New York Times
Are New Yorkers Wearing Masks? Here’s What We Found in
Each Borough
By Andy Newman Published Aug. 20, 2020 Updated Sept.
10, 2020
5) ABC 7 EYEWITNESS NEWS (With
Video)
Coronavirus News: Couple handcuffed, ticketed by
police after refusing to wear masks on ferry
Sunday, September 6, 2020
6) 7 News (Watertown, NY) (With
Video)
How to properly wear a face mask
By Natalie Kucko | April 17,
2020 at 5:03 PM EDT - Updated April 17 at 6:45 PM
Step
#1: Defining the Social Problem:
Step
#2: Gathering Evidence of the Problem
Step
#3: Identifying the Causes of the Problem
Step
#4: Evaluating
Existing Public Policies
Step
#5: Developing
Public Policy Solutions
Step
#6: Selecting
the Best Public Policy Solution
EVALUATION
CONCLUSION
By completing this WebQuest, you have mastered working with
the public Policy Analyst (PPA) steps to solve issues such as supporting others
to wear a mask in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic.
STANDARDS
NYS Common Core Standards:
ELA:
RI.9-10.1- Cite strong and thorough
textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well
as inferences drawn from the text.
W.9-10.4- Produce clear and coherent
writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to
task, purpose and audience.
History/Social:
RH.9-10.3- Analyze in detail a series
of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later
ones or simply preceded them.
WHST.9-10.6- Use technology,
including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared
writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other
information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
