MS Civics

Unit 1: Citizenship

Intro
Essential Understanding
Unit Pacing Guide and Activities
Tier 2/3 Interventions

Introduction

Unit Specific Resources

What Types of Citizens Does A Democracy Need?

Quizizz 1

Learning Goals/ Big Ideas	· I can define citizenship. · I can identify paths to US citizenship. · I can examine the impact of naturalization. · I can identify and evaluate duties and responsibilities of citizenships.
Focus Questions	Why is citizenship necessary and should it come with responsibilities and obligations? · What is a U.S. citizen? · What is effective citizenship?
Standards	SS.7.C.2.1: Define the term "citizen," and identify legal means of becoming a United States citizen. SS.7.C.2.2: Evaluate the obligations citizens have to obey laws, pay taxes, defend the nation, and serve on juries. SS.7.C.2.3: Experience the responsibilities of citizens at the local, state, or federal levels.
Vocabulary	Rule of law alien citizen common good immigrant	law of blood law of soil natural born naturalization process obligation/duty resident responsibility Selective Service jury

Essential Understanding

Standard #

Description of Standard

Example/Rigor

Prior Skills Needed

Common

Assessment

FLVS Lesson

SS.7.C.2.2

Evaluate the obligations citizens have to obey laws, pay taxes, defend the nation, and serve on juries.

Understanding what obligations come with citizenship is necessary to the success of a country

Explain the difference between an obligation and a responsibility

Identifying obligations of citizenship in a scenario activity

What is a Citizen?

What is Effective Citizenship?

Week 1

August 31- September 4

TEACHER TIPS	· Use the 14th Amendment definition of a “citizen.” · Clarify the difference between the requirements to apply for naturalization and the process of naturalization · Birthright, natural, and native born citizen are used interchangeably · “Common good” and “public good” are used interchangeably
Required Instructional Mandates	Founder's Month
Recommended FLVS Activities & Assessments	· Citizenship introduction · Citizenship Pre-test · Lesson What is a Citizen? · Notetaking CAP files for What is a citizenship? (slide 1) · Assessment: Quiz: What is a citizen?
Supplemental FLVS Activities	· Starters (daily activating strategy)
Aligned Instructional Resources	· Gateway Civics: Chapter 12—The Obligations, Responsibilities, and Rights of Citizens · TCI Civics: Chapter 7—Citizen Participation in a Democracy · Film Mr. Raymond’s EOC Academy: US Citizenship - Becoming a citizen US Citizenship - Becoming a Citizen - Civics EOC · CPALMS: Defining Citizenship https://civics360.org/modules/H1SGYuoZe · Film CPalms: Show Your Citizenship  : https://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/120333 · Lesson and Activity Citizenship, just the Facts: https://www.icivics.org/teachers/lesson-plans/citizenship-just-facts · Activity: Citizenship scenarios: https://connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us/ssnead/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/7.-citizenship-scenarios.pdf · Performance Tasks: Write a “wanted ad” for a good citizen. · iCivics Activity: Citizenship: Just the Facts https://www.icivics.org/teachers/lesson-plans/citizenship-just-facts · Performance Task: Write a paragraph to explain the difference between Law of Blood and Law of Soil. · Performance Task: Construct a diagram showing the legal pathway to becoming a US citizen.

Week 2

September 8- 11

Required Instructional Mandates

Recommended

FLVS Activities & Assessments

· Lesson: What is Effective Citizenship?

· Notetaking CAP files for What is Effective Citizenship? (slide 1)

· Activity: What is Effective Citizenship? (directions slide 9)

· Review: Citizenship Review and Discussion-Based Assessment (Multiple Review Slides)

· Assessment: Citizenship Unit Exam

NOTE: You may want to edit the items in the Assessment since they will include states and capitals as well as landmarks from the pre-content week

Supplemental

FLVS

Activities

· Starters August 24-28 (daily activating strategy)

· Current Events Assignments

Aligned Instructional Resources

· Film: Mr. Raymond’s EOC Academy: Citizenship Duties, Obligations and Responsibilities Citizenship Duties, Obligations and Responsibilities - Civics EOC & SOL

· Performance Task: Evaluate scenarios that depict responsibilities and obligations of citizens.

· Summative Evaluation: Using Socratic dialogue, students will answer:

1. Why is citizenship necessary?

2. What would be the effects on society if an obligation (of their choice) to citizenship was removed?

3. What would happen if citizens stopped fulfilling their responsibilities? After the discussion, students will write a paragraph stating their point of view (claim), while acknowledging competing views (counter-claim).

SEL/ Enrichment

Enrichment

Advanced or Enrichment

· FLVS Lesson: Who Shows Great Citizenship?

· Notetaking CAP files: Who shows Great Citizenship? (slide 1)

· Activity: Who Shows Great Citizenship? (directions slide 5)

· iCivics: Civic Heroism Webquest

· Mini-Qs: Should Americans be Required to Vote?

· Mini-Qs: What Types of Citizen Does a Democracy Need?

· Develop a presentation using PowerPoint, Prezi, or Weebly that shows how the US immigration policy has changed over the course of time.

· Students will create a service project proposal to further the common good of their community (Project Citizen-connection)

Social Emotional Learning

Self Management: Pretend that you are not yet a US citizen. In this unit you learned about the path to American citizenship, and the steps you must complete. Create a "goal timeline" using real dates and times, of the steps you must take to become a citizen. Utilize the internet to look up times and dates for required testing.