Civics & Communications 

IN CLASS

Week 1 (8/31-9/2): 

• Review Syllabus & Class Policies

• Writing prompts & discussion

• 4 corners debate & discussion

• Discuss primary ballots, offices, and process. Begin Primary Ballot Assignment Part 1

• Elected Offices

• Political flyer analysis

Week 2 (9/7-9/9): 

• *No class Mon: Labor Day*

• Discuss Primary Ballot Assignment Part 2

• Grammar Sheets

Week 3 (9/14-9/16): 

• Share Action Boards

• Grammar Sheets

• *No class Wed: Farm Day*

Week 4 (9/21-9/23):

• Share/discuss Election News Analysis

• Share more Action Boards

• "This is Why So Many Voters Hate Both Parties"

• Political Neighborhoods Quiz

• Grammar Sheets

• In-Class Essay using comp format (Wed)

Week 5 (9/28-9/30):

• Finish sharing Action Boards

• Start New York Times Tiny Memoir Contest and Assignment

• Intro to gerrymandering & Guest speaker: The math behind gerrymandering, by Mark! (Wed)

• Gerrymandle game

• Grammar sheets

*MIDTERM*

Week 6 (10/5-10/7):

• Sentence Workshop & Revision Tips

• Step 2: Tiny Memoir Peer Workshop (Mon)

• Grammar Sheets & Work Time

• Midterm Elections Lesson

• Student Opinion Forum

• Sample Midterm Ballot

Week 7 (10/12-10/14):

• No class Mon 10/12: Indigenous Peoples' Day

• Share from Midterm Ballot Assignment

• Does Your Vote Count? The Electoral College Explained 

• Grammar Sheet round-up

Week 8 (10/19-10/21):

• What is the Electoral College?

• The U.S. Elections Explained: The Two Party System 

• Electoral College Debate

• RI Gubernatorial Debate Highlights

• Review Elections Issues Essay Topics

• Grammar Sheets

Week 9 (10/26-10/28):

• Watch/discuss Whose Vote Counts?

• Grammar Sheets

Week 10 (11/2-11/4):

• Watch The Officials, take notes & discuss

• Discuss Consequences

• "DOJ to appeal ruling in Alaska 'decoy Dan' ballot battle" (Fox News)

• "Desperate Trump takes first steps toward undermining midterm election results" (MS Now)

• Grammar Sheets

• Explore & discuss Midterm Election Results (Wed)

Week 11 (11/9-11/11):

• In-Class Written Reflection (Mon)

• Grammar Sheets

• No class Wed 11/11 (Veterans' Day)

Week 12 (11/16-11/18):

• Share from Reflection & Small Action 

• Watch & Discuss Shirley

• Course Evaluation

*END OF TRIMESTER*

From previous years:

• Reflective Writing

• Political Typology Quiz

• The Danger of a Single Story

• In-class essay (Mon)

• Inside Danica Roem's Historic Victory

• Sarah McBride Reflects on Becoming First Openly Transgender Person Elected to Congress

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Mon-Thurs 10/25-28: Constitution Worksheet, 

Mon 11/1: Constitution Summary

Thurs 11/4: Constitution Kahoot!

Tues 11/9: In-class Constitution opinion essay

Tues 11/16: Class Constitution reflection 

From 2020-21:

Monday 10/19:

• Electoral Politics Research Topics

Monday 10/26:

• Voting Rights: A Short History

• Native American Voting Rights

• Election Survival Guide

Monday 11/2:

• Election Survival Guide

• Electoral Politics Topics & Questions

Wednesday 11/4:

• Debrief election

Friday 11/6:

• Peer workshop of personal narrative essays using guidelines

Monday 11/9:

• More election debrief and Electoral Politics Topics & Questions

*No class Wednesday 11/11: Veterans' Day

Monday 11/16:

•  Electoral Politics Topics & Questions: Money in Politics

Wednesday 11/18:

• Work on peer profile revisions in class for final sharing

• Class evaluation

Friday 11/20:

• Read/comment on peer profiles

• Kahoot! on electoral politics

HOMEWORK

Due Wed 9/2:

• Primary Ballot Assignment Part 1

Due Wed 9/9:

• Primary Ballot Assignment Part 2

Due Mon 9/14:

• Action Board

Due Mon 9/21:

• Election News Analysis

Due Mon 9/28:

• Catch up on overdue work before Midterm Reports!

• Check out this great opportunity! (Possible extra credit)

Due Wed 9/30:

• Step 1 of Tiny Memoir Assignment

*MIDTERM*

Due Mon 10/5:

• Essay 1 Revision

Due Wed 10/7:

• Step 3 of Tiny Memoir Assignment: Polished Draft

*No class Mon 10/12: Indigenous Peoples' Day*

Due Wed 10/14:

• General Election Midterm Ballot Assignment

UPCOMING:

Due Mon 10/19:

• Step 4 of Tiny Memoir Assignment: Full Revision based on teacher feedback & Process Statement

Due Wed 10/21:

• CREDIT DEADLINE to be caught up on overdue work

Due Mon 10/26:

• Step 5 of Tiny Memoir Assignment: Submit polished piece to the contest and send or show me screenshot confirming submission.

Due Wed 10/28:

• Elections Issues Essay

• Final Contest Deadline for Tiny Memoirs

Due Wed 11/4:

• Reflection & Small Action Part 1

*No class Wed 11/11 (Veterans' Day)*

Due Mon 11/16:

• Reflection & Small Action Part 2

• CREDIT DEADLINE FOR OVERDUE WORK

*Last day of trimester Wed 11/18*

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