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- 9th - 12th
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Students gather information on the United Way. They organize their information and share it with their classmates. They also identify any public policy issues and relate them to the core democratic values. Full Review »
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- 7th - Higher Ed
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Students evaluate previous public service announcements and create PSA's of their own using internet research and video cameras. They present finished PSA's to the class. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students write persuasively on a conservation issue and transform their argument into a 30-second video public service announcement. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students examine a Legislative website to view the biography of a member and a map of the district that the member represents. They are then visited by the member who engages students in a discussion about how legislators make public policy. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to GIS and its uses. Students participate as public health scientists to deliberate a course of action to explore possible research questions. Pupils interpret spatial data, and make predictions based on GIS data, developing hypotheses, formulating new scientific questions. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students develop a piece of writing of at least 300 words where they describe their memories of a journey they have taken. Their writing builds a picture of their experience for the reader suitable for publication in Writers' Window and/or in a class magazine. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Student organize and participate in a mock public hearing. They draw a role from a hat (1-Chairman, 2-3 other Board members, applicants, abutters, neighbors - the number of types of participants would be determined by the class size) Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students develop a 1-2 minute long public service announcement that deals with teen issues seen from a teen perspective. Students, in pairs, gather information on adolescent health issues then design a 1-2 movie stating the problem, the consequences and solutions. Public service announcements are screened for the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss what is meant by the term "public policy". In groups, they use the internet to research a specific public policy issue affecting Fairfax County, Virginia. They analyze and report their findings of the effectiveness of a specific proposal or decision to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students brainstorm a list of the major issues affecting Fairfax County, Virginia. Using the internet, they choose one topic to research in depth. To end the lesson, they analyze the effectiveness of an actual public policy proposal or decision. Full Review »

