Pillar: Citizenship
Purpose: Provide students an opportunity to discuss problems faced by their community and how engaged citizens can support these areas of concern.
Objectives:
- Students will discuss an issue in the school or community
- Students will research citizen groups or community organizations that can support the issues
- Students will write a poem, ad campaign, or perform a skit to highlight a concern in the community that could use support from citizens
Discussion: Discuss issues the community faces that negatively affect citizens
- Some ideas might include:
- Homelessness
- Drug abuse
- Vandalism
- Pollution
Activity:
- Brainstorm a list of ways citizens your age can help problem solve these concerns
- Have students either author a poem, write an ad campaign, or produce a skit to highlight the concern and a solution they think will help
- Share the finished products to the class
- Extension- Encourage students to create products that can be recorded or shared through social media in the community to spur citizens to get more involved.
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