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Kevin Craig
February 16, 2010
Citizenship:Encouraging Participation
Goals• Identify and explain the importance of
voluntary civic participation in democratic societies
• Explain relationships among rights and responsibilities in democratic societies
(as per TEKS 6th-grade social studies requirements located at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/ssc/teks_and_taas/teks/teks6.htm)
Activities – Day 1• Review
− Limited vs. unlimited governments− Historical origins of democratic government− Role of citizens in society
• Discussion− Importance of citizenship− Introduction to rights and responsibilities
Activities – Day 2• Mock voting
− Vote to “not allow recess” - should that be a right?
− Vote to allow class member to have flashlight and shine it in other students’ eyes – relate it to the importance of responsibility
• Discussion− Further discussion of rights guaranteed by
government− Responsibilities required of citizens
Activities – Day 3• Mock voting
− Randomly hand out cards colored red or green− Vote on whether to have chocolate or vanilla ice
cream at end of class− Exclude one color’s votes to demonstrate
importance of voting
• Discussion− Importance of each person’s vote− How civic participation influences American society
• Eat ice cream! − Enough of each flavor to go around
Essential Questions• What sort of rights are guaranteed to American
citizens by our Constitution? Why are they important?
• What sort of responsibilities do we, as citizens, have towards are fellow citizens when considering our rights?
• How does civic participation affect American society?
• What individual rights are forfeited if we do not exercise our right to vote?
Bibliography• TAKS Website (http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/)