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In this lesson plan, students will analyze voting trends from three different time periods in United States history to determine factors that have influenced voter turnout and trends in voter participation. The time periods will be as follows: 1850-1920, 1920-1970, 1970-2020.

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Students will determine the impact of Jim Crow Laws on the political participation of African American males.

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Students will analyze one of the historical murals found in the Florida House of Representatives and discuss how it is a form of civic participation. They will identify events in history and the artist's intent. They will note how the artist uses skills in design and composition to accomplish his purpose. This is Lesson 1 in a three lesson unit integrating civics and art.

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In groups, students will begin painting their mural which has a clearly defined message and topic on civic participation. They will be expected to provide evidence for their message and employ art and design principles to show depth in the mural. This is Lesson 3 in a 3-part unit integrating civics and art.

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Students will participate in mock debates on 3 issues in the Deaf community to help engage students in being informed citizens while seeing the benefits of debate. Student-created Scratch projects will be used to present their stances on the 3 issues to engage their peers in the debate process. Finally, students will vote and reflect on the 3 debated topics and how the debate process may have influenced their original stance/opinions on each issue. This is the final lesson in a 3-lesson unit.

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Students peer-review a Scratch animation about increasing voter turnout of underrepresented populations that was created in lesson two of this series. They will learn about and use internal documentation to communicate within a code. This is lesson 3 of an integrated computer science and civics mini-unit. 

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In this lesson, students will research and describe the connection between American artists, art, and civic and political participation.

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Students will create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) with the subject “Conserve Our Water.” This will be a way to exercise their civic participation. They will be creating it using coding in Scratch. Using the graphic organizer from Part 1 and the flowchart from Part 2 as a reference. Students will review each other’s PSA and provide constructive feedback. This is the third part of a three-lesson computer science integrated civics unit .

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Students will create a flow chart to plan a Scratch program for a Public Service Announcement, PSA. A flow chart symbol sheet and a flow chart planning sheet are provided. Peer review is also included in this second lesson of a three-part unit.

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Students will work in small groups to create an informational flyer promoting community involvement in their conservation efforts in this integrated lesson plan.

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Students will create an interactive poster or public service announcement in Scratch that supports voter turnout for an underrepresented demographic in their state or local area. This represents lesson two of a three-part integrated computer science and civics mini-unit.

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In this lesson plan, students will analyze an excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” to determine how effectively the author uses rhetorical devices, specifically anaphora, aphorism, chiasmus, and rhetorical questions, to achieve his purpose. The lesson will also examine how Thoreau’s effort in writing this essay was a means of civic participation.

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, students will read Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s “Declaration of Sentiments,” presented at the Seneca Falls Convention (Seneca Falls, N.Y., July 19th and 20th, 1848). Students will categorize selected text by type of rhetorical appeal: ethos, pathos, logos, or kairos.

Students will also complete text-dependent questions to further analyze the document. As part of this analysis, they will evaluate Stanton’s use of various appeals and compare and contrast the ideas and language in this document and in the Declaration of Independence.

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Students will explore the timeline of voters' rights in the United States. Students will specifically note the dates of the 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments; poll tax; along with other historical events surrounding those amendments. Students will complete a graphic organizer on the amendments, bullet-pointing the most important information. Students will be given scenarios of people and decide if they can vote using an if/then system. This is Lesson 1 in a three-part unit integrating civics and coding.

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Students will research government websites to gather data about source water conservation. Students will also be answering open ended questions from the data gathered to summarize what they have learned. The data they are gathering and analyzing will be used to create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) using their coding skills in Scratch in this integrated lesson plan. This lesson is part one of a three-part mini lesson.

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Students will select a historical event or topic that connects to civic participation to create a mural in small groups similar to Christopher Still's murals at the Florida House of Representatives. They will collaborate to complete a planner and sketch for their group mural for this event or topic. This is Lesson 2 in a three-lesson unit integrating civics and art.

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In this integrated civics and dance lesson, students will analyze the dance of the Civil Rights Movement and how it was used to fight the distortion of Black people and racism. Students will explore dancers of the time and how dance was used to eradicate the negative stereotypes of Black people. Students will learn about the rise of Black dancers in American concert dance and how Black dancers made a conscious effort to educate others about the beauty and abilities of African Americans.

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Students will explore methods used by civil rights groups to influence government steps to dismantle segregation in the United States Armed Forces leading up to Executive Order 9981.

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Students will go on a "road trip" to learn about events surrounding the Civil Rights Movement while becoming familiar with the geography of the United States.

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The “To Sod or Not To Sod” MEA provides students with an environmental dilemma in which they must work as a team to develop a procedure to select the most environmentally friendly grass for the lawns in a new neighborhood. The lesson provides students with the opportunity to recognize how the voice of citizens can be used to build a sense of community through environmental awareness 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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In this lesson plan, students will define the term “citizen” and explain the constitutional means of becoming a U.S. citizen. Students will analyze the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. 

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In this lesson, students will review important leaders and organizations in the African American community during the Civil Rights Movement, how lives changed for African Americans and the impact of civic and political participation for African Americans.

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In this lesson plan, students will analyze key female leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, the things that these women were able to accomplish, the organizations that they served as a part of or partnered with, and the ways that they helped to advance the Civil Rights Movement.

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In this lesson, students will analyze the impact that World War II had on domestic policy and everyday life for Americans by completing a station rotation review.

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In this lesson, students will review important leaders in the African American community and the impact of civic and political participation in the early 20^th century, a time of change for African Americans. 

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In this lesson plan, students will assess key organizations that contributed to the shaping of the Civil Rights Movements by learning about the “Big 5": C.O.R.E., S.N.C.C, S.C.L.C., N.A.A.C.P., and the National Urban League. Students will rotate through stations, where they will have the opportunity to learn about the 5 organizations. Students will complete a graphic organizer, focusing on organizational leaders and events that helped shaped the direction and results of the Civil Rights Movement.

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In this lesson, students will travel to multiple "stations" to learn about significant events and people from the American Civil Rights Movement.

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In this lesson, students will review important individuals and groups during early social movements in 20^th Century American history and analyze how those individuals and groups worked to shape public policy.

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In this lesson, students will review influential groups and identify the impacts of their civic and political participation during Reconstruction.

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In this lesson, students will explain the importance of political and civic participation to the success of the United States’ constitutional republic. Within their research, students may assess key figures and organizations in shaping the Civil Rights Movement, women’s suffrage movement and Black Power Movement. Students may also examine efforts to expand or contract rights for various populations in the United States during World War II. 

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In this lesson, students identify various responsibilities of citizens at the local, state, and national levels, including the voting process and voter registration, and how to locate information on and communicate with their elected officials.

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In this lesson, students will anazlye the use of rhetorical appeals in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Students will read an excerpt of the letter and examine King’s effective use of ethos, logos, and pathos in achieving his purpose.

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Learn how women took on leadership roles during the Civil Rights Movement by exploring the contributions of Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, and Dorothy Height with this interactive tutorial.

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Travel through the southern United States to visit significant areas of the Civil Rights Movement with this interactive tutorial.

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Explore the "birth" and legacy of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with this interactive tutorial.

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Travel around the state of Alabama to learn about three events during the Civil Rights era: the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the 16th Street Church bombing, and the March to Selma with this interactive tutorial.

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Analyze methods used by civil rights groups to influence government action to end segregation in the United States Armed Forces, resulting in Executive Order 9981 with this interactive tutorial.

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This Grades 9-12 Civics Family Guide provides some ideas and activities to support civics education when at home, out and about, and in the community. The activities provided align to the civics learning benchmarks within Standard 2 at these grade levels.

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This teaching resource provides teachers with the tools to help students analyze a speech by Carrie Chapman Catt, an advocate for women’s suffrage. Catt utilizes the rhetorical devices of anaphora and rhetorical questions in her speech to establish and achieve her purpose. Students will evaluate the effectiveness of these rhetorical devices as they relate to Catt’s purpose.

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This resource provides the tools to help students analyze the rhetorical devices in one of the most pivotal speeches of the civil rights movement. In 1965, President Johnson addressed Congress and the nation in the wake of the events in Selma, Alabama. The American public had been jolted by scenes of state troopers attacking peaceful marchers.

Just days later, President Johnson addressed the nation to promote the passage of the Voting Rights Act. He skillfully drove home his purpose through the use of two rhetorical devices: imagery and anaphora. This resource will help students analyze his use of these devices and how they strengthen his speech.

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This lesson allows students to deepen their understanding of connotation by using background information to identify the connotative meanings of words and phrases in an argumentative text. 

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This teaching resource provides the tools to help students analyze Lucy Stone’s 1892 address on women’s suffrage. Students will analyze her use of two specific rhetorical devices: imagery and rhetorical questions. The resource will help students identify these devices within the text and analyze how they establish and support Stone’s purpose.

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