Walk of Freedom
Students create a public art instillation with painted tiles or posters containing phrases interpreted from the US Constitution.
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[Content_Tags] => Constitution, Bill of Rights, amendments
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The Desert Island Activity
Students will create a plan of action to design a government to address issues of a newly developed society.
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[Content_Tags] => John Locke, framers, state of nature,
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Generations Journal
Students will keep a historical “journal/diary” where they take on the persona of a person living in the various historical periods they study throughout the year.
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[Learning_Objective] => point of view, analyze, research, analyze, sequence, create, write, comprehend, represent, apply, characterize
[Time_to_Complete] => more than one
[Content_Tags] => journal, diary, events, perspective, creative writing, narrative, primary source, secondary source, descriptive, Dear America
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Big Book of Family Rules
Children will cooperate with classmates to create a big book about rules they follow at home.
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Authority Figure Biography
Students will write a biography (book or poster) about an authority figure.
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[Time_to_Complete] => more than one
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Current Events Collection Boards
Students construct a display of news articles categorized under concepts from Foundations of Democracy—authority, privacy, responsibility, justice.
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Citizenship Alphabet Book
The students will create alphabet books on the theme of citizenship.
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[Content_Tags] => alphabet book, civics, government, citizenship, illustrate, library, books, theme, definitions
[File_Name] => Citizenship Alphabet Book
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Coat Hanger History Characters
This activity allows students to research facts about people who have had an impact on the development of our country, showing what they learned in a fun way.
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[Learning_Objective] => represent, create, research, write, speak, present, art, characterize, point of view
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[Content_Tags] => character, history, founder, historical figure, presentation, display, project, create, person, research, write, speak, art, share
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Digging into Social, Economic, and Political Issues with the City of Ember
Several activities are provided to help students delve into the political, social, and economic issues presented in the City of Ember.
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[Content_Tags] => authority, responsibility, justice, City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau, social, political, economic, novel, government, common good, civic virtue, mystery, science fiction, slogan, leader, map, monarchy, dictatorship, current events
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Civics Haiku
Students will read and summarize key concepts by writing a haiku.
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Two Voice Poem
Students create a two-voice poem to summarize key concepts from selected texts.
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[Time_to_Complete] => less than one
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Word Clouds/Wordles
Students will evaluate text in a unique way by creating “word clouds” or “wordles” using primary source documents, the internet, and the free website www.wordle.net.
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[Learning_Objective] => technology, present, analyze, create, infer, predict, relate, evaluate, vocabulary, discuss, debate
[Time_to_Complete] => one class
[Content_Tags] => privacy, responsibility, justice, authority, internet, words, speeches, primary source, documents, computer, emphasis, tone, declaration of independence, I have a dream, constitution, bill of rights, articles of confederation, wordles, discussion, am
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Preamble Quilt
Students will work with a partner to create a quilt square explaining vocabulary in the Preamble. Squares will be taped together to form a quilt.
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[Learning_Objective] => vocabulary, analyze, discuss, write, collaborate, draw, create, define, identify, present, art, groupwork
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[Content_Tags] => Preamble, Constitution, quilt, illustrate, read aloud, partner, cooperate, project, elementary, We the Kids, identify, explain, word, phrase, view, comment, share
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The Fair Bears Play: a Play About Justice
This is a full script so that students can act out The Fair Bears Learn About Justice.
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Zookeeper Responsibility Play
This is a full script so that students can act out The Zookeeper Learns About Responsibility.
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Impromptu Play
Students create a play using what they have learned in We the People: The Citizen & The Constitution: The Citizen & the Constitution or Foundations of Democracy.
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[Description] => Students create a play using what they have learned in We the People: The Citizen & The Constitution: The Citizen & the Constitution or Foundations of Democracy.
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[Learning_Objective] => present, create, describe, represent, groupwork, summarize, collaborate, characterize
[Time_to_Complete] => more than one
[Content_Tags] => kinesthetic, express, literature, presentation, eye contact, speaking, plot, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, drama
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Pass the Story
Using vocabulary from any recent unit of study, students will tell a story as a class.
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[Description] => Using vocabulary from any recent unit of study, students will tell a story as a class.
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Foundations of Democracy Presentation Panels
Students will create a four panel display based on the concepts of authority, privacy, responsibility, and justice.
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Vocabulary Art
Students will define terms in their own words, cut out a picture that shows the meaning of the term, and explain in writing how the picture fits the term.
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[Title] => Vocabulary Art
[Description] => Students will define terms in their own words, cut out a picture that shows the meaning of the term, and explain in writing how the picture fits the term.
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[Learning_Objective] => art, write, vocabulary, depict, create, define, analyze, synthesize, represent, present
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[Content_Tags] => art, write, graphics, visual, depict, create, authority, justice, privacy, responsibility
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What's In a Name?
Students create an acrostic using the name of a character in a story, a person in history, the title of a book, etc.
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[Content_Tags] => word, book, novel, character, analogy, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, categories, subcategories, verb, inferences, conclusions, assessment
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Write Pass Write
Students in a group collaborate to write several stories about a topic of study.
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[Time_to_Complete] => less than one, one class
[Content_Tags] => write, free write, peer editing, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, correct, share
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First Amendment Graffiti
Students will read a short biography of someone to fought for First Amendment rights, then write a short essay and create a class graffiti.
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[Title] => First Amendment Graffiti
[Description] => Students will read a short biography of someone to fought for First Amendment rights, then write a short essay and create a class graffiti.
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[Time_to_Complete] => more than one
[Content_Tags] => freedoms, biographies, speech, petition, assembly, religion, press, short story, art, rosa parks, cesar chaves, thomas waring, martin luther king jr., ida b wells, bridget mergens, maya lin, sequoyah, art, sentence, write, essay, paragraph, summary
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Coming to America
Using what they have learned about life in the American colonies, students will create an advertisement to entice Europeans to come to the America.
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[Title] => Coming to America
[Description] => Using what they have learned about life in the American colonies, students will create an advertisement to entice Europeans to come to the America.
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[Time_to_Complete] => one class
[Content_Tags] => advertise, advertisement, colonies, colonial life, Europe, America, early America, immigrant, ancestor, Jean de Crevecoer, Letters from an American Farmer
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Preamble Collage
Students will study the preamble and then create a collage depicting the government's purpose.
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[id] => 70
[Title] => Preamble Collage
[Description] => Students will study the preamble and then create a collage depicting the government's purpose.
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[Time_to_Complete] => more than one
[Content_Tags] => preamble, constitution, collage, purpose, government, pictures, headlines, articles, depict, meaning, primary source, secondary source, chart, graph, map
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[File_Type] => PDF
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Student Slideshow
Students will use their understanding of civics topics to create a PowerPoint or Pixie slideshow.
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[Title] => Student Slideshow
[Description] => Students will use their understanding of civics topics to create a PowerPoint or Pixie slideshow.
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[Learning_Objective] => technology, present, create, summarize, main idea, supporting detail, comprehend, synthesize, discuss, define, identify, represent, groupwork
[Time_to_Complete] => more than one
[Content_Tags] => Citizenship, civic principles,
competing responsibilities
Conflict, consequences, democracy,
Duty, laws, limits, consent, freedom, power, source, scope, authority, justice, privacy, regulations
Slide show, culminating activity, assessment
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Responsibility Collage
Students will use their understanding of civics topics and vocabulary to create a collage.
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[id] => 75
[Title] => Responsibility Collage
[Description] => Students will use their understanding of civics topics and vocabulary to create a collage.
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[Learning_Objective] => vocabulary, art, create, draw, represent, present, collaborate, groupwork
[Time_to_Complete] => more than one
[Content_Tags] => Foundations of Democracy, primary, more than one, Authority, responsibility, privacy, justice, vocabulary, civic terms, power, fair, collage, limits of authority, competing responsibilities
Corrective justice, procedural justice, distributive justi
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Declaration Translation
Students work in partners to demonstrate the literal and figurative meanings of words in the Declaration of Independence.
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[Title] => Declaration Translation
[Description] => Students work in partners to demonstrate the literal and figurative meanings of words in the Declaration of Independence.
[Teacher_Material] => activity
[Learning_Objective] => define, create, art, vocabulary, collaborate, groupwork
[Time_to_Complete] => one class
[Content_Tags] => declaration, translation, literal, figurative, meaning, define, one class, middle school, dictionary, depict, art, vocabulary, declaration of independence
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[File_Type] => PDF
[Image] => DoI2
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Responsibilities of a President
Students create a badge (like a scout badge) for each of the responsibilities belonging to the President.
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Array
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[id] => 89
[Title] => Responsibilities of a President
[Description] => Students create a badge (like a scout badge) for each of the responsibilities belonging to the President.
[Teacher_Material] => activity
[Learning_Objective] => draw, create, art, comprehend, apply, represent, identify
[Time_to_Complete] => one class, more than one
[Content_Tags] => The Kid Who Became President, crafts, depict, symbols, president, executive branch, responsibilities, tasks, jobs
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[File_Type] => PDF
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Digital Storytelling
Students will demonstrate what they have learned by using images to create a movie. Free basic software is provided.
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[Description] => Students will demonstrate what they have learned by using images to create a movie. Free basic software is provided.
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[Time_to_Complete] => more than one
[Content_Tags] => creative writing, stories, demonstrate, knowledge, arguments, governing bodies, government, public policy, proposal, software, text, graphics, presentation skills, enunciation, effective speaking, rate, volume, assessment, culminating
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Introduction to Justice
The nursery rhyme 'Jack Sprat' is used to introduce the concept of fairness.
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[Time_to_Complete] => more than one
[Content_Tags] => nursery rhyme, Jack Sprat, justice, distributive justice, Fair Bears Learn About Justice, rhythm, rhyme, letters, sounds, acting, skit, corrective justice, procedural justice, fairness
[File_Name] => Introduction to Justice
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Bill of Rights Motto and Coat of Arms
Students will study the Bill of Rights using primary and secondary sources, select their favorite amendment, create a crest with images related to the Amendment, and craft a motto that connects to the amendment they’ve chosen.
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[id] => 114
[Title] => Bill of Rights Motto and Coat of Arms
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[Teacher_Material] => lesson
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[Time_to_Complete] => more than one
[Content_Tags] => bill of rights, motto, Latin, coat of arms, depict, images, represent, text code, words, phrases, symbols, primary source, secondary source, gallery walk, pictures, amendment, read, share
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RAFT Writing
This creative writing activity helps students synthesize
and evaluate information from the lesson and can serve as an assessment.
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Array
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[Title] => RAFT Writing
[Description] => This creative writing activity helps students synthesize
and evaluate information from the lesson and can serve as an assessment.
[Teacher_Material] => strategy
[Learning_Objective] => write, create, synthesize, evaluate, point of view
[Time_to_Complete] => one class
[Content_Tags] => creative writing, pretend, role, audience, topic, after reading, assessment, format, letter, article, character, history, people, historic figure, perspective
[File_Name] => RAFT
[File_Type] => web
[Image] => writing2
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[Grade] => middle
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