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Citizenship
Actions of American Citizens
Applicable Standards:
C.12.8 Locate, organize, analyze, and use information from various sources to understand an issue of public concern, take a position, and communicate the position
C.12.10 Identify ways people may participate effectively in community affairs and the political process
C.12.11 Evaluate the ways in which public opinion can be used to influence and shape public policy
Students will:
-show that there are many kinds of citizens with many different roles who live in the U.S.
-Identify different beliefs, values, and characteristics of citizens
-Understand your role in the American economic, political, and social system in the 21st century and how it has changed over the centuries.
What are the actions of good American Citizens?
"Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine."
--Eleanor Roosevelt
“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”
― Adlai E. Stevenson II
“A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”
Good Citizens--
Understand the world is complex and interconnected.
Definition and Structure of
Citizenship Today: Click Here
Read and research
Global Citizens understand relationships and the history of how they formed.
CLICK HERE
While You Read...
1. What did you read?
2. How did you feel about it?
3. Why is it important?
4. How do you think reading about this contributes to your sense of Global Citizenship?
Good Citizens--
Can evaluate, manage and safely participate in a digital world
Your actions in a digital world are permanent.
Read:
French school students to be banned from using mobile phones
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Respond:
Do you agree with the ban? Why?
Good Citizens--
are educated about the structure, function and impact of government
Read and respond
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American Knowledge of the Branches of Government is Declining
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What is the most outrageous part of this study?
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Do you think adults in your life could answer these questions correctly?
ASSESSMENT: CITIZENS MAKE HEADLINES
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