In this Activity, students will learn how to Take Action by applying the content and skills learned from previous activities.  For example, students will use their template books as resources to formulate an argument.  They will use social media platforms to start a digital brigade for positive, productive change!  
 
Contents in order of use: 
1. Activity 7 Pre-assessment
2. Activity 7 TAKE ACTION Digital Brigade
3. Activity 7 TAKE ACTION Digital Brigage Template Book
4. Activity 7 Sample Letter
5. Activity 7 Post-assessment
6. Activity 7 Rating 
 
Subject domains: 
Writing (Text Types and Purposes): Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence; introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly; support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text; use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationship among claim(s) and reasons; establish and maintain a formal style; and provode a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.  
History Social Science Framework: Act as an informed, actively engaged citizen.  
 
Skills: 
Through reflection, students will make connections with how this Activity 7 ties back to the Lesson about civic engagement and how Wild Horse Annie (Velma Johnston) navigated the channels of government to stop the cruel and deadly treatment of OUR nation's wild horses and burros.  
Students will review how Velma Johnston accomplished this (bullet point above), i.e., through the help of students across the USA who joined her 'pencil brigage' by writing letters to local, state, and federal government officials for positive, productive change!  
Students will carry out this legacy (above bullet point) by not only participating in a 'pencil brigade' but also a 'digital brigade' by emailing their state representatives and senators, in addition to creating on-line petitions and sharing information (evidence based on facts) on other social media platforms.  
Students will have an opportunity to express and support their opinion with fact-based reasons.  
They will use all of their Template Books (from previous Activities) which are packed with factual evidence to EMPOWER their voices and speak up for those who can not speak for themselves (wild horses and burros)!