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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading Closely for Textual Details Grades 11-12: "Lay down all my joys"
Grades: 11 to 12Subjects: United States History, Civics, The Civil War & ReconstructionThis unit develops students' abilities to read closely for textual details and compare authors' perspectives through an examinat...Contributor: Butte County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading Closely for Textual Details Grades 11-12: "Promised Land"
Grades: 11 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsThis unit develops students' abilities to read closely for textual details and compare authors' perspectives through an examinat...Contributor: Butte County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading Closely for Textual Details Grades 9-10: "Modern Battlefield"
Grades: 9 to 10Subjects: World History, World War I, CivicsThis unit develops students' abilities to read closely for textual details and compare authors'; perspectives through an examina...Contributor: Butte County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading Closely for Textual Details Grades 9-10: "Brain Gain"
Grades: 9 to 10Subjects: United States History, CivicsThis unit develops students' abilities to read closely for textual details and compare authors' perspectives through an examinat...Contributor: Butte County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkReading Closely for Textual Details Grade 8: "We had to learn English"
Grades: 8Subjects: United States History, CivicsThis unit develops students' abilities to read closely for textual details and compare authors' perspectives through an examinat...Contributor: California Civic Learning ResourcesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho Are We?
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Civics, HumanitiesIn this lesson, students begin to explore the concept of community by describing their class as a collection of people with uniq...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTaking a Stand: Models of Civic Participation
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsThis lesson outline invites students to reflect on several episodes when individuals chose to take stand, and to also consider h...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat is Community?
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Civics, HumanitiesThis lesson is part of the following unit: Identity Community: An Introduction to 6th Grade Social Studies With Lesson 6, stud...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTaking a Stand: Models of Civic Participation
Grades: 4 to 8, 10 to 11Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsWhat does it take to stand up for an idea? Why do some people choose to take action to address a wrong, while others choose to s...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStitching Truth Lesson One: What is Civil Society
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsIn this lesson, students construct a working definition of the term "civil society." This will prepare them to explore civil soc...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPreparing Students for Difficult Conversations
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsThis lesson provides the foundation for the lessons that follow. Because the events and issues at the center of this exploration...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNot in Our Town
Grades: 7 to 10Subjects: Civics, HumanitiesThis lesson uses Facing History's publication Choosing to Participate. The Reading "Not in Our Town" (pp. 67-74) tells the story...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow Do Rules & Traditions Shape Communities?
Grades: 5 to 9Subjects: Civics, HumanitiesThis lesson is part of the following unit: Identity Community: An Introduction to 6th Grade Social Studies In Lesson 6, studen...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Sympathy to Action
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Civics, HumanitiesThis lesson uses Facing History's publication Choosing to Participate. Reading 5 "From Sympathy to Action" (pp. 28-33) uses two ...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCitizen Watchdogs and the News
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsThe Internet and digital media present unmistakable opportunities and benefits to the public but also significant challenges. Th...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHands Up, Don't Shoot!
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsIn September 2014, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) opened two inquiries into issues related to the shooting of Michael Brown,...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Importance of a Free Press
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsThe events in Ferguson underscored the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment, including freedom of speech and the right to ...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink#IfTheyGunnedMeDown
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsThis lesson continues our exploration of the power and pitfalls of images. It is designed to help students explore the impact of...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe First Amendment - Free Exercise, Freedom of Religion: A Case in Point
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceThis unit will complement or begin study on the First Amendment of the Constitution as it relates to freedom of religion. Studen...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJourney to Topaz - An Argument With the Supreme Court
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceThis unit begins following the reading of a historical fiction, Journey to Topaz (independent, and/or read aloud, 6-8th grade in...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0