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- 5th - 8th
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Students act as teachers and develop a lesson plan that teaches the concepts of democracy and how important it is to become involved in the democratic process. They "teach" their lesson to the rest of the class. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students examine the origins of democracy throughout the world. They analyze the concept of democracy and how it works. They also discover how to be a part of a democracy. Full Review »
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- 8th - 11th
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Students explore their understanding of democracy, while comparing their concept of democracy with other students. They also research the possibility of democracy in Iraq. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze government organizations and place them on a government spectrum and connect them to the Getting Involved Project. They state and define the fundamental differences between democracy and autocracy. In addition, current events 1 is issued and a new vocabulary list is issued to the students. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the concept of democracy. They define and describe democracy and choose an issue they believe the government should care about for its people. They write a persuasive essay about their issue. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students reflect on their field trip in their journals. They share their responses in small groups and synthesize the group members' responses. They prepare their photos for their portfolios and present their group's summary to identify the ideas of democracy and government. They write a thank you card to the government official who helped organize their trip. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students discuss the word democracy and trace the history of related political terms. They read the descriptions of democracy from the provided reproducible and identify similarities within them. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore what democracy means and how it can be spread to Iraq. They create strategies to ensure elections are fair. Students discuss the importance of fair voting conditions and the features of a democracy. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students identify what makes a country democratic and compare United States and Indian political party symbols. They create their own political party and party symbol. They create a campaign speech, participate in the voting process and present their speech to the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are be able to analyze primary sources (photographs and speeches) and write a definition of American Democracy. They are shown a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. by Ben Fernandez, students are asked what is happening in the photograph. Who is the center of attention? When was the photograph taken. Full Review »
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