In this inquiry project describes "how major forms of governments of Japan, North Korea, India, South Africa and China currently protect or violate the human rights of their citizens” on 7th grade.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Case Study
GDP and Pizza: Economics for Life is designed to help students in civics, economics and other social studies classes grasp challenging economic content – and to explain why these topics are important for citizens to understand.
Material Type: Full Course
10-lesson fifth grade unit to build classroom culture focused on identity, diversity and community.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Unit of Study
This lesson introduces basic map-reading skills and directional vocabulary. It orients the students to the geography of the United States in comparison to their native country. The students learn vocabulary to discuss geographic features while practicing the answers to Civics Test questions about rivers, oceans, border states, territories, and capitals. There are suggested teaching strategies for small group and whole class activities to practice the new vocabulary using U.S. wall maps and category games with file folders and sticky notes. For the Civics Test, applicants do not need to locate these places on a map, but they do need to understand their existence and be able to correctly answer questions about them. Lastly, the handout Map Directions for the Literacy Level Writing Practice helps beginners practice spelling and handwriting while using key vocabulary from the lesson. Covers civics test items 44, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This interactive provides two scenarios for students to look at issues related to energy and climate change: from the perspective of either a family, or a monarch.
Material Type: Simulation
Washington state has developed a set of civics assessments that are multi‐stepped tasks or projects aligned to specific state standards, which target skills and knowledge necessary for engaged, informed citizenship.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Local government has lots of layers. In this lesson, students learn that local government is a tool they can use for getting things done and finding out information. Students learn the structure and function of local government in Washington and how they can “harness the power” of local government to address issues of concern. This lesson’s activity is web-based so that students can explore their own local governments. To access and assign the web activity, click here. For student access without assigning the activity, here’s the link: https://www.icivics.org/node/2528357 Got a 1:1 classroom? Find fillable PDF versions of this lesson’s materials below. Registration with iCivics (free) required to download content. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Describe the structure and function of local government in Washington Identify the level of local government that can address an issue Explain the basics of public meetings Use the internet to locate information about the layers of local government where they live
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This resource was published by Civix.Help Students Fight Information Pollution Lessons are created by Civix, a Canadian organization developed to support civics and media literacy education.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan
Students will be exploring the idea of ecosystems and wildfires. They will become familiar with what an ecosystem is and how to keep them healthy. Students will also see the positive and negative effects of wildfires on ecosystems. Also how wildfires influence the local government and federal government when it comes to land management.
Material Type: Unit of Study
**The publisher of this resource is Civix.Help Students Fight Information Pollution Activities are created by Civix, a Canadian organization developed to support civics and media literacy education
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game
This resource was published by Civix. Help Students Fight Information Pollution Videos are created by Civix, a Canadian organization developed to support civics and media literacy education
Material Type: Interactive
These 10-15 minute videos from the 2022 Conference for Social Studies provide inspiration and practical ideas for improving teaching practice. Talks are organized into the following tracks: * Assessing Historical Thinking * Bringing Context to World Events * Crafting Inquiry * Literacy * Taking Informed Action These videos are free for online viewing.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
he cost of healthcare is one of the largest personal expenditures worldwide, with residents of the United States spending upwards of $10,000 each year. A significant portion of healthcare costs in the United States and many other countries comes from paying for prescription medications. This unit is designed to give 9-12th grade chemistry, pharmacology, or biology students an introduction to prescription drug costs and what scientific measures can be taken to lower costs. Topics necessary for this unit include the relationship between structure and function, pH, activation energy, the relationship between temperature and reaction rate, catalysts, inhibitors, among additional concepts. This unit functions as an end-of-year project incorporating all of the topics listed above and challenges students to conduct research, design their own strategy to lower drug costs, and prove their viability and cost-saving potential through calculation. Individually or in pairs students must pick a strategy or technology, spend a day or more researching it, two days writing a research paper on it, one day preparing a class presentation, and one day for presentations. Student’s ability to effectively prove the viability of their strategies/technologies as well as estimate the cost savings to consumers will be weighted heavily.
Material Type: Lesson Plan, Unit of Study
This lesson leads students to analyze the nature of hate and explore legislation that addresses hate crimes.
Material Type: Lesson
This series of lessons commemorates the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. One lesson features the biography of Daisy Bates, a leader of the desegregation crisis. Another focuses on the nine African-American youths who risked their lives for equality. The final two lessons examine how school integration affected the Little Rock community.This lesson focuses on questions of justice and the role youth have played in social and political movements. By reading a combination of primary and secondary sources, students will learn how the Little Rock Nine came to play their important role. These teenagers’ participation in school integration stemmed not from the prodding of the parents or activists, but from within themselves.
Material Type: Lesson
History is a challenging subject to impart to students, especially 7 and 8 year olds. As with all subjects, showing a connection to their daily lives ensures its relevance and an enduring understanding. Students have some sense of their basic rights, but they do not know how these rights came to be and how they differ for noncitizens and those outside the United States. The aim of this unit is to teach students how our constitutional rights evolved and why they are salient today. It’s divided into sections to ensure this complex topic can be presented at an elementary level. It will provide the students with an overview of the Constitution of the United States with a focus on the rights and privileges of citizens that will be most intuitive to children (1 st , 13 th , 14 th ,15 th , and 19 th ). Activities include producing a narrative writing, a research booklet, a dialogical notebook, and a take-action choice piece with an eye to promoting critical thinking about historical change. Upon completion, students will have a better understanding of their rights and responsibilities as citizens, and how they can contribute to the betterment of this country.
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10-lesson fourth grade unit to build classroom culture focused on identity, diversity and community.
Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan, Unit of Study
This resource is published by Civix.Ctrl-F is a unit created by Civix, a Canadian organization developed to support civics and media literacy education. This unit teaches students how to verify facts and information when reading informational text online.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Full Course, Unit of Study
This is a list of essential questions about economics to use in your social studies or history class. These questions can be the basis of a particular lesson (i.e. a group discussion, a brief writing assignment) or they can be incorporated into the design of your curriculum (i.e. a basis for selecting topics and a form of summative assessment). There are also links to a powerpoint presentation and to additional readings on the topic.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lecture
This lesson outlines the importance of Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King, Jr. in U.S. history. It also presents information about the civil rights movement and reviews the First Amendment rights. Prior to teaching Fighting for Our Rights, we recommend covering two other USCIS civics lessons first: Benjamin Franklin and the U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights and Other Amendments. Depending on your schedule, you may also want to cover the lessons on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War as there is related historical information that would help your students better understand the current lesson. Covers civics test items 6, 77, 84, 85, and 100.
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