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- Grade Range
- 6th - 9th
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Students work in discussion groups to create a Venn Diagram in which they identify ideas about public issues and policies that they have in common. They use the diagram to create compromise. They hypothesize about the nature of legislative debate. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students read the local newspaper, identify a currrent community issue and develop plans to influence the formation, development, and implementation of a policy to affect the issue. They write a biography about someone who has influenced public policy. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students analyze the pros and cons of public policies. They analyze how public policy issues are influenced by government actions (e.g., transportation, the environment). They research the elements and requirements of the environmental "self-audit" policy, taking notes especially on how it impacts (positively or negatively) other environmental public policies and the environment itself. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
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Students select and analyze a public policy issue. In groups, they create a hot list of web sites that have been explored and investigated as a result of a web search. Using their research, students individually produce a position letter following the format of the National Issues Forum and send it to their elected official. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students engage in discussion and debate relating to issues of importance to them and the world. They think critically as they analyze public policy issues. Students examine issues from all sides/perspectives. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students engage their peers in constructive conversation about issues of public policy. They arrive at a position on an issue of public policy and express that position orally and in writing using reasoned arguments and research on the issue. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore a public policy issue of local importance. Through research and survey, they identify a public policy issue affecting people in their local area. Students determine how this issue affects the lives of those involved and what is currently being done to fix the problem Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate how the government establishes public policy for different issues. They conduct research using a variety of resources. They look into how laws are made and the process for enforcement to take place. The teacher will guide the students through writing a definition for public policy. Full Review »
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