11/2-5 Friday-Monday

Guiding Question: 

How can we improve our communities? 

Objectives:

Collaborative:  Students will brainstorm issues in their community and draft a complete action plan in their groups.

Independent: Students will research their representatives at the state and federal level and answer questions with at least 80% accuracy.

Standards:

8.3 - Students understand the foundation of the American political system and the ways in which citizens participate in it.

RH.6-8.2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

What are some issues in our community? 

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 10 minutes: 

Civic Participation & Representation Notes

Independent (Voice Level 0) 45 minutes: 

Task 1: Who Represents Me? in Google Classroom

Task 2: Play one of these iCivics games: NewsFeed Defenders, or LawCraft

Early Finisher?: 

- Have you finished all your history work in Google Classroom? 

- Work on homework for another class

- Read a NewsELA, CNN, or Achieve article 

- Practice your typing 

- Read a book

Collaborative (Voice Level .5) 45 minutes:

PBL Work Time

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

On board

Homework: 

Work on your PBL actions. You will only have one more class period to complete this & your presentation before we present on 11/8-9!