Government · Week 6 · Foundations, Rights, and Citizenship
Duties of a Citizen
Weighing legal duties like jury service and paying taxes alongside chosen duties like volunteering, and committing to one small act of service.
- Students will
- Students distinguish legal obligations such as obeying the law, serving on a jury, and paying taxes from civic obligations such as voting, staying informed, volunteering, and public or military service, and assess options for individual action.
- SEL skill
- Set a small service goal and plan a first step and time to start
- What it looks like
- Students motivate themselves to follow through by choosing one small act of service and planning the steps to carry it out.
- Content focus
- Duties of a citizen
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management is guiding your own emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can set goals and follow through on them. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- 12.2.3: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 12: Principles of American Democracy (standard 12.2, item 3)
- 12.2.4: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 12: Principles of American Democracy (standard 12.2, item 4)
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: CST1 Compare the present with the past, evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and the activities learned. (Chronological and Spatial Thinking)
- C3 Framework (national): D4.7.9-12 Assess options for individual and collective action to address local, regional, and global problems through self-reflection and strategic thinking.
- Literacy in history: RH.11-12.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis, such as charts and maps, with information in a text.
Fits these textbook chapters
- Government Alive! Power, Politics, and You, Chapter 7: Citizen Participation in a Democracy
- Government Alive! Power, Politics, and You, Chapter 19: Civic Resources
- United States Government and Civics, Chapter 22: Making Social and Domestic Policy
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More self-management activities for Government
- Ambition Checks Ambition Self-managementReading Federalist No. 51 on checks and balances and building personal checks that slow a reaction before it becomes a regret.
- Judges, Evidence, and Restraint Self-managementComparing judicial activism and judicial restraint as two serious philosophies held by thoughtful people and practicing calm judgment before taking a side.
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