Learning to Give
Learning to Give: Active Citizenship Through Spectacles of Ben Franklin
This detailed lesson plan has students investigating and participating in their communities.
Other
Make Beliefs Comix: Printables Category: Elections and Political
A collection of printable comics where students complete an activity, such as design a campaign bumper sticker, imagine a conversation between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, or make a list of ideas that would promote the rights of women.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Democracy for Kids: Be Informed
Scholastic offers a series of printable panels and classroom activities which focus on how to stay informed and abreast of political issues. Each piece is provided in PDF format.
Stanford University
Civic Online Reasonong: A Little of Everything
From research observing fact checkers, three questions that we should always ask when we come across unfamiliar online content: Who's behind the information? What's the evidence? What do other sources say? This sequence of lessons...
Other
Hands on Civics: An Approach to Increase Community Intelligence
This article outlines a program that the author has used with academically at-risk ninth grade students to enhance their understanding of how communities work and how they can change through individual and group efforts.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Your America: Democracy's Local Heroes: Teacher's Guide
Inspire civic awareness, promote student activism and examine the rights and responsibilities of American citizenship by exploring stories of how ordinary citizens accomplished extraordinary changes.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Your America: Democracy's Local Heroes: Student Guide
Investigate the rights and responsibilities of American citizenship focusing on examples of citizens who took action to effect positive changes. Explore ways in which students can become involved in their communities.
iCivics
I Civics: County Solutions Civic Action Plan
County Solutions is a lesson-based civic action project. Students examine the broad context of their issues-including the role of county and other levels of government and focus on bringing about local change using strategies tailored to...
iCivics
I Civics: Appellate Courts: Civic Action and Change
In this lesson, learners examine civic action, the steps involved, and its various methods, including protests and petitions.
This Nation
This nation.com: Citizens in the American Political System
Contains information on becoming a U.S. citizen and how citizens can participate in the government.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Duties and Responsibilities of Citizens
This site provides a brief summary of the duties and responsibilities of citizens. The subject of the page focuses on voting. Includes links to citizenship, the Bill of Rights, and more.
EL Education
El Education: Reshaping Rochester: Spreading the Word Brochure
After learning about the effects of re-watering a dry water way in their city, students create a brochure to highlight the information they gathered and boost public support for this project in their community.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Do Something: What Is Civic Action
This impressive lesson plan incorporates listening to music, critical thinking, collaboration and community participation for students to understand good citizenship.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Do Something: Why Do I Have to Do Jury Duty?
This lesson plan has students acting out and discussing the jury duty process.