Standard 3: Digital tools

Students will create a digital presentation using research notes from lesson 1 about a chosen service project. The digital artifact will explain their topic and how it demonstrates civility, cooperation, volunteerism, and other civic virtues. This is lesson 2 in a three-part integrated computer science and civics mini-unit.

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Students will utilize research completed on specific individuals (James Madison, Susan B. Anthony, Booker T. Washington, or Alexander Hamilton) who represent the United States of America to create and present a digital artifact.  The research worksheet was completed in Lesson 1 of this unit, Resource 209141. This is Lesson 2 of a 3-part integrated Civics and Computer Science mini-unit.

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Students will recognize the Great Seal of Florida and analyze the symbolism used to represent the state of Florida. Students will then create their own seal using symbols to represent aspects of their personalities. This is lesson one of three in an integrated computer science and civics mini-unit.

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In part two of this series, students will continue the process of creating a stop motion film focused on showcasing civic virtues through community events. Using digital tools, students will create a 20-25 second stop motion film using previously created background and objects in part one. Students will also write a two to three sentence narration that describes the community event and civic virtues to include in their stop motion film. 

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This lesson is the final lesson in a three-part mini-unit on coding and integrated civics. In this integrated civics lesson, students will be using all of the research and information gathered from the lesson II planning and design sheet in order to create a program on Scratch that explains the different components of the Great Seal of the United States. 

Type: Lesson Plan

In this integrated lesson, students will create a themed stage in Scratch for a digital presentation to explain civic duties and responsibilities. Students will collaborate in teams to showcase major aspects of civic duties and responsibilities. This is lesson 1 of a 3 lesson series that integrates civics with computer science and coding using the Scratch program. The final product of the unit will conclude with a collaborative digital project that contains text and recorded student voices explaining civic duties and responsibilities.

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In this integrated lesson, students will compare and contrast the roles of representatives and senators. Through research, students will learn about the different expectations and requirements of each position. This is part 1 of a 3-part mini unit that integrates Civics with Computer Science.

Type: Lesson Plan

This lesson plan serves as the second step in a series of a three-lesson mini-unit. Within this integrated civics lesson, students will begin the "unplugged" designing process of their Scratch coding project. Students will research the Great Seal of the United States and prepare to input the information gathered into their own project. 

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In this Part 2 of a two-part series of integrated lessons, the students will design and present a scratch video where multiple characters interact to demonstrate acts of civility. Teachers may reference the first lesson Resource ID#: 208061, Showing up as a Citizen Coding Project Part 1.  The students will use prior knowledge of citizens demonstrating civility, cooperation, and volunteerism. Using their previously created Scratch planning sheet they will use Scratch to create a code that shows a character performing an act of civility. The students will use a rubric to guide their coding creation. Then the students will present their creations to their peers. 

Type: Lesson Plan

In this integrated lesson plan, students will use their prior research of a patriotic holiday or observance to create a Scratch presentation that demonstrates their understanding of the history and meaning behind the patriotic holiday or observance. The students will work in collaborative partner groups to pair program the Scratch project to reflect their research. The partner groups will then present their digital project to the class and conduct a class discussion on different patriotic holidays and observances. 

Type: Lesson Plan