ARCHIVED Fall 2021 Civics 4-Period 4 Assignments

Please submit:
 your campaign (or a link to it if that makes more sense) 
your write-up.

If you worked with others, please leave me a "Private Comment" to let me know WHO your team members were.

I've attached the link to the padlet below. Only one member needs to add your file/link and give it a creative title. Under "Write something" please briefly share:

-Intended audience
-where your digital content would be distributed

Respond to the questions and include evidence. This should be anywhere from 1-3 paragraphs in length.

How can we increase youth engagement in civics and how civically engaged do you plan on being in the future?? Do you think that lack of engagement is a problem? Why or why not? Explain and use evidence considering:

what issues you are passionate about 
what skills you could bring 
address ONE specific element of what you heard in President Obama’s farewell address in your response.

Complete the reading. Make sure that your highlight and annotate while considering our deliberation question: "Should hate speech be banned in our democracy?" We will have our deliberation next class. Please do some outside research in order to really prepare.

You may use this pdf and highlight/annotate with Kami OR the hard copy shared in class--please scan and upload.

In 3-5 sentences, explain how the reading, deliberation, and dilemma informed (not necessarily changed) your views on hate speech.

This will be a group task--you do not need to study, but please make sure you have all of your notes/a charged device in class.

I will be assessing the collective final product for 25 points. Only one person (the leader) needs to submit on behalf of the group.

Additionally, each individual will write a short paragraph (3-5 sentences) explaining how you contributed and how your unique strengths—brainstorming, note-taking, or leading discussions, for example—helped the activity evolve and come together. Please use the "Private Comment" and "Turn In" the assignment (even if you aren't submitting slides for your group). This private comment describing your individual contributions is worth 5 points.

See screenshot for what to focus on while taking notes.

Your debates will be next week:
Monday, Tuesday 11/15, 16
The Filibuster should be abolished.
The Electoral College should remain in place for Presidential elections.
Wednesday, Thursday 11/7, 18
Federal judges should be given term limits.

A reminder that you MUST complete prep on your own in order to participate in next week's debate. 


You will use this planner and research both sides of your resolution equally (since you do not know which position your team will be assigned yet).

Read the Newsela article and take the quiz
Use the template and draft your Letter to Congress
After I assess your letter and make suggestions, you will be sending them next class. Please do not do that step yet.

Complete the graphic organizer as you listen to the Civics 101 podcast. Then you will complete the 3 questions on the Legislative Branch doc.

You may use your "Two-Houses" t-chart, Intro to Congress notes, 5.1 and 6.2 reading notes. You do not need to attach the notes here but make sure you have them physically with you in class so you may use them. You NEED your Chromebook (and charger).

Please submit your opinion editorial. Please note that plagiarism will result in a zero on the midterm and a referral to Student Services. 

Leave me a private comment with:

final word count (not including title, lede, author, date or your bibliography)
**If you did Option 2, the NYTimes Contest, then "mark this as done and level me a private comment**

Use your Study Guide, all notes, 4.2 and 4.3 from the text and the Quizlet I posted on Classroom.

Submit your Rough Draft here regardless of which option you selected. 


For Option 2, you'll submit any drafts of your work and your two artist statements.


Please note the time the assignment is due so I can check and return them for our peer editing session in class that day.

If you are choosing the Opinion Editorial, complete the Planning Guide.


If you are choosing the NYTimes Contest, complete the Elevator Pitch on Flipgrid. 


Please note that after this point, you are committed to your choice and may not change projects.

Click on the link to access the Flipgrid platform where you will see your directions and will submit your assignment. You will be recording a screencast demonstrating your lateral reading skills in determining the reliability of a website.

Read "The Idea of America" and prepare the graphic organizer--be thorough and complete but you do not need to answer in complete sentences. Make sure you have:


1. Response to Race and the Constitution
2. Creative Works Analysis
3. Completed "The Idea of America" article and graphic organizer


If these are missing, unfortunately, you cannot receive full preparation points.




Preparation--20 points 
Participation--20 points
Reflection--20 points

Read "The Idea of America" and prepare the graphic organizer--be thorough and complete but you do not need to answer in complete sentences. By Tuesday, have read 16-21 and answer 1-4, then complete the rest by Thursday. 


Preparation--20 points 
Participation--20 points
Reflection--20 points

In the article, the author states, "American racial attitudes have traditionally contradicted American professed ideals of freedom and equality. America’s Constitution has reflected that contradiction and the struggle to reconcile American rhetoric with American reality." 


Respond to this statement using at least 2 pieces of evidence from the article (with analysis) and at least one current example that reflects this in our country.

Complete the one I gave you in class. I will check this in class, so no need to scan and submit it here, just "Turn In."


If you were absent or misplaced your copy, you can use the digital copy and print to bring in.

Read the attached section on judicial interpretation and create a chart that focuses on the facts, summary, and significance of 4 landmark Supreme Court cases:
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
United States v. Nixon
Goss v. Lopez

Complete the reading and the handout to give you an overview of the structure of the Constitution and the amendment process.

Read the attached article, then respond to“What can you (as an individual with your own interests, skills, and strengths) do to keep our republic healthy for the century to come?” Be specific in your response and use at least one excerpt from the article to support your answer. 



This should be a minimum of one paragraph.

After reading the NPR article, please vote accordingly. You will not need to share with anyone.

See the Study Guide, Quizlet and all Unit 1 materials

I will be assessing the collective final product for 15 points. Only one person needs to submit on behalf of the group. *make sure everyone's name is on the first slide. Do NOT submit until you've shared your map with me and I've approved all connections.

Additionally, each individual will write a short paragraph explaining how you contributed and how your unique strengths—brainstorming, note-taking or leading discussions, for example—helped the activity evolve and come together. Please use the "Private Comment" and "Turn In" the assignment (even if you aren't submitting slides for your group).

Reach Chapter 2, section 2 in your textbook and take notes. You will have a reading quiz (RQ) next class and MUST have your school-issued Chromebook to take the quiz.


Please note: you do not need to upload your notes here.

Reading the attached reading--highlight and annotate as you read keeping in mind the question: Is the United States' democracy healthy? You need this complete before the next class to participate in the deliberation activity.


You are welcome to do this digitally OR you may print/use the hard copy I gave in class.

Complete the reading and chart for the forms of government and economic systems. You can complete on Google docs or by hand and scan your chart using your smartphone.

Read the attached reading and create the chart in your notes. 


For the last column, you will need to search online for examples within the last two years (note: they do not need to be American examples). Make sure with your current examples that you identify SPECIFIC events/dates for examples. You will need to explain the event and how it reflects "the game". You can take a photo or use "notes" on iOS to scan and upload your notes (you may need to save to the drive and then upload).

Complete the following document on the Civil Rights icon, John Lewis.  Please read the directions carefully and be thorough in your responses.


I've also attached his posthumous opinion editorial in case anyone has trouble accessing it.

Once you've completed your slide on our Class Identity Slides, please complete this description.

Imagine you were to conduct an online search to discover who you are? What ”results” would emerge from your search?
Create a slide specifically dedicated to you with multimedia content as the “Search results”.
Here are some examples of what you could include: images, videos, shopping profiles or reviews, other websites, organizations, links. 
Must include on your slide: your name and at least 5 "search item results"



Search item results should reflect any factors of identity you feel comfortable sharing with our class. 
Religious/spiritual affiliation
Culture, race, or ethnicity
Appearance/style
Language or nationality
Hobbies/interests
Gender
Sexual orientation
Beliefs and values
Group/organization/community membership
Personality traits

(1) What do they know?
(2) What do they know how to do—what skills do they have?
(3) What attitudes do they have?
(4) What actions do they take?



Group directions are attached. Odd-numbered groups (1,3,5,7) will use Jamboard A and even-numbered groups (2,4,6,8) will use Jamboard B.

Read, watch or listen to a news segment on a current event (within the last 5 days). Come prepared to share:

source
a summary of the event (think a short paragraph of the basics--who, what, where, when, why, and/or how)

Please fill out the following form to let me know a bit about you. The form should take anywhere from 10-20 minutes to complete and it does not autosave so please complete it in one session.