10/31-11/1 Thursday-Friday

Guiding Question: 

What rights and responsibilities do we have as citizens? 

Objectives:

Collaborative:  Students will understand the rights & responsibilities of citizenship by reading and completing an assignment with at least 80% accuracy. 
Independent: Students will understand the significance of the First Amendment by reading, watching a video, and responding to questions with at least 80% accuracy.

Standards:

8.3.7 Describe the principles of federalism, dual sovereignty, separation of powers, checks and balances, the nature and purpose of majority rule, and the ways in which the American idea of constitutionalism preserves individual rights.

RH.6-8.2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary sourceW.8.1 - Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

What are some things that "good citizens" do? 

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 10 minutes: 

Citizenship Notes

Independent (Voice Level 0) 45 minutes: 

Task 1: First Amendment Activity in Google Classroom

Task 2: Play one of these iCivics games: Branches of Power, Counties Work, or Immigration Nation

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:

Rights & Responsibilities of Citizenship 

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

On board

Homework: 

Rights & Responsibilities of Citizenship CEEEEL