Social Studies HS Guide

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Students will explain the purpose and importance of fulflling civic responsibilities and duties associated with active citizenship, including serving on juries, voting, serving on boards, councils and commissions, remaining well-informed, and contacting elected offcials. CONCEPTS (Nouns) SKILLS (Verbs) LANGUAGE SUPPORTS ● Purpose ● Civic responsibilities ● Civic duties ● Active citizenship ● Explain ● Explain ● Best Practices for MLs in Secondary Content Area Classes

● Juries ● Voting ● Boards ● Councils ● Commissions ● Elected offcials

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS

● Identify and explain the concept of civic responsibilities and duties and active citizenship and their importance in a democratic society. ● Provide examples of how juries, voting, serving on boards, councils and commissions, remaining well-informed, and contacting elected offcials fulfll the role of civic responsibilities and duties and active citizenship. Examples may include: ○ Voting - ■ Review the history of voting rights in the United States, including the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-sixth Amendments. ■ Identify the stages of the electoral process, from voter registration to ballot casting. ○ Juries - ■ Identify the importance of jury duty in ensuring fair trials and upholding justice. ■ Explain the different types of juries in the U.S. - criminal, civil, and grand. ○ Councils and Commissions - ■ Explore some local and state commissions that impact students’ lives or that they might be interested. Identify how individuals become part of councils and commissions. ● A local example might be: School Community Council ○ Remaining Well-Informed - ■ Identify and explain information, media, and news literacy skills. ○ Contacting elected offcials - ■ Identify reasons for and ways to contact elected offcials. Ways to contact elected offcials include: ● Phone calls, email, mail, social media, Town Halls and public forums, and