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This integrated lesson includes students practicing multistep problem-solving while analyzing the mathematical thinking of others and justifying their results by explaining methods and processes.  Students will work in groups to solve a real-world problem, involving a citizenship context, by using a strategy of their choice.  As a class, the students will analyze the different ways the remainder can be interpreted based on different questions involving the same context.

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Students will read about dangers associated with different types of natural disasters in Florida and will explore how to prepare for them.  The class will discuss natural disaster preparedness as a form of civic responsibility.

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In this integrated lesson plan, Students will review civic responsibilities and come up with ways they can fulfill their civic duties by helping nearby ecosystems.  They will start with a school litter cleanup, then brainstorm other issues around their community and possible ways to help.  Individual students will then create flyers to display around their neighborhoods to inform residents of the issue and persuade them to help.

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This integrated lesson includes students solving multi-step real-world word problems using the four operations. Students will solve word problems involving citizen’s duties and responsibilities by using a strategy of their choice and analyzing the context to interpret remainders.

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In this integrated lesson plan, students will review what wetlands are and how humans are affecting wetlands.  They will discuss what government agencies are doing to help restore and protect wetlands.  Groups will be assigned different ecosystems to brainstorm possible human impacts and how plants and animals may adapt to these changes in their environment. Groups will also come up with a plan for a government agency to implement in order to limit human impact on that ecosystem.  By the end of the lesson, groups will share their ideas with the class.

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Students will be introduced to Natural Disasters by using a KWL Chart. They will list and be able to explain some Natural Disasters that take place in Florida. Students will write to learn using an interactive presentation with facts and pictures to complete a graphic organizer.  In this integrated lesson plan, students will explore how developing a preparedness plan is an important part of being a responsible citizen.

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In this integrated lesson, students will create a text and corresponding audio 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 2 of 3 lesson series that integrates civics with computer science and coding using the Scratch program. 

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Students will build on background knowledge of human impact on ecosystems and what plants and animals have done to adapt to these changes to their environments. They will read about and discuss human impact on Florida wetlands. During and after reading, students will annotate their reading. This integrated lesson plan will spark about what citizens and governments agencies can and are doing to help restore the wetland ecosystems.

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Students will be exposed to several word problems involving citizens' duties and responsibilities, guiding them to reflect on what could happen if citizens do not fulfill their responsibilities. As the lesson progresses, the students will learn to combine addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve multistep word problems in this integrated lesson plan.

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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 lesson plan, explore what a constitutional republic is, understand what civic duties and responsibilities are, and provide examples. Students will complete a tableau activity to synthesize information in cooperative learning and kinesthetic learning. Students can complete an exit ticket and/or a constructed response. 

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This lesson will cover pages 1-11 of the text Aaron & Alexander, the Most Famous Duel in American History. The teacher will read pages 1-11 and lead a discussion on the early life, political views, and civic participation of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Students will identify the text structure and how it contributes to the information in the text. Students will begin adding information to the unit’s graphic organizer.

This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource.

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In this lesson plan, students will practice finding the mean of a set of data and be able to connect that to how mean is used in real-life. Students will be able to collect data, create line plots, interpret the data, and find the mean.

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Students work collaboratively as they develop a procedure to determine the types of items they may need in case of a natural disaster, calculate costs to stay within a budget, identify civic responsibility, and understand how state and federal governments work together to protect U.S. citizens in this model eliciting activity.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations.  Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

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Students will help the Supervisor of Elections determine which voter registration locations could be improved to help more citizens get registered to vote. Students will learn about the number of citizens who registered to vote in a general election year compared to the total population of those eligible to vote. They will discuss which voter registration locations will provide the most access to citizens and allocate funds to help address the issue in this modeling eliciting activity.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

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Adrian Zika grew up in communist Yugoslavia (now Kosovo). He immigrated to the United States, became a U.S. citizen, and was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2018.

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Former U.S Senator and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martínez shares his journey to freedom in the United States. Mr. Martínez was part of Operation Pedro Pan in which unaccompanied Cuban children were sent to the United States to escape the newly formed communist regime of Fidel Castro. Before leaving Cuba, he spent time with his father who shared life lessons with his son. Mr. Martínez distinctly remembers the pilot announcing that they were in America. After moving around the state of Florida in settlement camps, Mr. Martínez was placed in foster care. After four years he and his family were reunited. Mr. Martínez helped his father become a veterinarian in the U.S and as a family they were highly active in the community. His family’s spirit of activism was the foundation of Mr. Martínez’s career as a public servant. He graduated from Florida State University Law School in 1973 and began his political career. He was appointed the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 2001 and became a United States Senator in 2005.

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