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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore how immigration, citizenship, due process of law, and the freedoms of speech and assembly have shaped American values throughout American history Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore, using discussion, writing, and data collection, how different social factors affect civic participation and equality across the country and in their own school community. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students explore civics vocabulary through skits and games, conduct web research and write responses to the themes of efforts in early American Government and the identification of reasons Americans need government. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify and describe characteristics of civic virtue. Following a class discussion, they create their own definitions of civic virtue. They write essays based on their own definitions and formulate conclusions on the state of civic virtue in the United States. They support their conclusions weith at least two examples. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students compare Neoclassical objects from the Getty collection to American civic architecture of the time. They discuss the moral and political ideas of the Enlightenment and articulate how these art forms influenced democratic thought in America. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine a variety of symbols important in American culture. They investigate the history of the Great Seal of the United States and the painting "The Spirit of 1776". They create an original seal and identify important monuments. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students identify and research the history and meaning of several American symbols. They complete a series of lessons in which they analyze the Great Seal of the United States, the painting "The Spirit of 1776" and other important monuments. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students explain how a common and shared American civic identity is based on commitment to central ideas in founding-era documents and in core documents of subsequent periods of United States history. They write an essay comparing and contrasting the common themes. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students identify the civic responsbilities of those living in a constitutional democracy. In groups, they brainstorm a list of those characteristics of a good citizen. They participate in various scenerios to identify the responsbilities of others. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students write a five hundred word essay on American civic values. After reading quotes from famous Americans, students identify the civic values associated with America. Through brainstorming and research, they draft an essay citing the values they have listed. Full Review »
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