Topic/Theme:
How Nation-States Relate to You and the World
Project/Artifact:
Creation of Civics Workshop
Essential Questions:
Why is it important to be engaged with your government?
What is foreign policy and why is it important to nation-states and you?
What is the economy and the global economy?
What is development?
Project Description:
How nation-states relate to you and the world is an essential part of functioning as a global citizen, but can be hard to understand when you’re first introduced to the complexity of the global system. As such, this project will be your opportunity to teach these concepts to your contemporaries through creating a workshop covering the main topics around civics (i.e. the study of the rights and duties of citizenship) that we have been discussing in this course.
Project Instructions:
Brainstorm about some of the most interesting/important information you are learning. Suggestions to guide your notes include:
Why is representation in government important?
What are the powers and responsibilities of citizens, political parties, civil society organizations, and the media?
Evaluate the impact of activism and civil society institutions on societal change?
How do political, civil, and economic organizations help shape people’s lives?
How does a country’s economic status affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society?
What is the relationship between that national economy and the global economy?
What are ways that you as a citizen can use your individual and collective capacity to take action to address local, regional, and global problems?
From the notes in step one, make a list of no less than four essential topics you want to cover during your workshop that will help your peers understand how nation-states relate to citizens and to the world.
Brainstorm activities that you can do during your workshop to teach your peers the topics in step 2.
In addition to your individual brainstorming, visit no less than two online resources to see what sort of activities other people have done during civics workshops.
Write a list of no less than four activities that you want to include in your workshop.
Write a plan for each of these activities. The plan should include:
The goal of the activity (i.e. what participants will learn from the activity)
The materials needed for the activity
How long the activity will take
The steps in the activity
Submit for feedback.
Incorporate the feedback.
Lead the class in doing one of the workshop activities.
Publish the activity plans to your portfolio on the website.
Outcomes:
D1.5.6-8. Determine the kinds of sources that will be helpful in answering compelling and supporting questions, taking into consideration multiple points of views represented in the sources.
D2.Civ.1.6-8. Distinguish the powers and responsibilities of citizens, political parties, interest groups, and the media in a variety of governmental and nongovernmental contexts.
D2.Civ.4.6-8 Explain the powers and limits of the three branches of government, public officials, and bureaucracies at different levels in the United States and in other countries.
D2.Civ.6.6-8. Describe the roles of political, civil, and economic organizations in shaping people’s lives.
D2.Eco.1.6-8. Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.
D2.Geo.11.6-8. Explain how the relationship between the environmental characteristics of places and production of goods influences the spatial patterns of world trade.
D4.1.6-8. Construct arguments using claims and evidence from multiple sources, while acknowledging the strengths and limitations of the arguments.
D4.3.6-8. Present adaptations of arguments and explanations on topics of interest to others to reach audiences and venues outside the classroom using print and oral technologies (e.g., posters, essays, letters, debates, speeches, reports, and maps) and digital technologies (e.g., Internet, social media, and digital documentary).
D4.7.6-8. Assess their individual and collective capacities to take action to address local, regional, and global problems, taking into account a range of possible levers of power, strategies, and potential outcomes.
Outcomes courtesy of: https://www.socialstudies.org/standards/c3
Resources:
Global Chapters 2 (The government and you), 3 (Nation-states in a global system), 4 (The global economy), and 5 (International development)
Global Lesson Plans
Unit 2: How Nation-States Relate to You and the World