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Kevin Craig February 16, 2010 Citizenship: Encouraging Participation

Kevin Craig February 16, 2010 Citizenship: Encouraging Participation

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Page 1: Kevin Craig February 16, 2010 Citizenship: Encouraging Participation

Kevin Craig

February 16, 2010

Citizenship:Encouraging Participation

Page 2: 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)

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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Bibliography• TAKS Website (http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/)