How Does One Change the World?
What Does it Mean to be a Citizen?
For the next several weeks, we will continue learning about how our government works by using two different curricula, both put out by the Center for Civic Education. Some students will be following the Project Citizen curriculum, other students will be using the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution Curriculum.
Students using We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution will spend the week exploring this question: What basic ideas about government did the Founders have? They will have little homework. The schedule below is for the students doing Project Citizen.
Monday – Community Problems
Students will discuss community problems in class. Homework will be to interview 2 – 3 adults that they know and record their answers. Here is the interview sheet:(double click & do it again when it opens in a new window)PC Interview word03
Tuesday – Policy Makers
After reviewing the new problems brought to class by thier homework, students will answer the question, “Who are the people involved in solving these problems?”
Wednesday – Project Citizen in the News
Students will view news clips of previous Project Citizen participants whose projects made it to the news. Discussion will focus on “How did they get to that place where everything comes together? Review the stages of Project Citizen
HW – Interview sheets for problems that seems significant
Thursday - Prioritize Problems
What problem do you want to study? Who do you want to study with?
