6 Dimensions of Democratic Citizenship

By: Lauren Madalian, Emma Surdy, Caroline Evans, Alyssa Peterson, Siobhan McDonough and Lauren Myers

Unit Plan Goal

By the end of our unit, students will be able to identify the 6 key dimensions that go into becoming a democratic citizen of the United States.

Unit Rationale

This unit is planned for a 4th grade classroom. Our unit plan focuses on the six dimensions of citizenship education; deliberation, voting and elections, service learning and community action, citizenship values, citizenship disposition and virtues, and citizenship knowledge. Each dimension will be focused on different lesson plan activities performed throughout the unit. This focus will strengthen students' social understanding and civic competence by providing the essential steps, skills, and knowledge in order to become a democratic citizen. We plan to counter biases by offering an array of different activities that are inclusive of all types of learning styles and preferences. By the end of our unit, students will be able to identify the 6 key dimensions that go into becoming a democratic citizen of the United States.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this unit, students should be able to:

Give a rationale for citizenship education and outline how it can be implemented in the classroom.
Recognize active and passive citizenship education and articulate the benefits of an active approach.
Evaluate classroom practices designed to implement the six dimensions of citizenship education.
Explain the impact of democracy on history and human affairs and how democracy should be integrated into the social studies curriculum.

Context Statement

This unit plan will take place during the beginning of the school year. Many citizenship actions take place near the middle/end of the fall months which allows students the opportunity to be exposed to events that are happening in the real-world (voting, elections, etc.)

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