Social Studies HS Guide

STRAND 2: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, and Responsibilities

STANDARD 2.3

PACING

RESOURCES

●​ See Government &

●​ Fifteenth Amendment ●​ Nineteenth Amendment ●​ Twenty-sixth Amendment ●​ News Literacy Project

Civics Year at a Glance

●​ Work together as a PLC to determine individual standard pacing.

STANDARDS Students will explain the purpose and importance of fulfilling 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 officials. 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 officials

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 officials fulfill 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.