Unit 1 - Civics
Unit Enduring Understanding: Being a responsible citizen includes knowing your role, rights, and responsibilities within a community and being able to identify individuals in a position of authority within a family, school, or community and their responsibilities. Responsible citizenship relies on our ability to view ourselves as a part of the larger civic community, where all individuals are treated with fairness and respect.
Freedom: What does it mean to be free? Students will examine the concept of freedom by:
defining freedom as being able to choose what your life looks like without interference from others.
defining equality as the same freedoms that are held by all people.
defining equity as people having what they need to be successful regardless of their identities.
evaluating how people and institutions have the ability to restrict freedom by making rules in order to promote freedom, equality, and equity.
analyzing the collective responsibility to protect one another from the infringement upon freedom for others in our community, fostering an inclusive environment.
Conflict and compromise: Why do Americans use compromise to resolve conflicts? Students will examine the role of conflict and compromise by:
identifying school or community conflicts that require working with groups to resolve, emphasizing the importance of inclusive decision-making.
identifying how multiple perspectives and the freedom to express varied opinions in a democratic society can complicate but also enrich conflict resolution.
identifying that in the United States, individuals and groups have the ability to address problems in their community. • explaining that individuals and people in authority compromise whenever possible to resolve conflict.
exploring how compromise is used in civic life at home, school, and community.
creating an action plan for how compromise could address a school conflict.
Rules: Why do we have rules at home, at school and in our community? Students will analyze the how groups and people in authority use rules to promote the common good by:
explaining that rules serve to support order and protect individual rights and fairness for all members of the community.
comparing rules at home, school, and community.
explaining why rules are different based on location.
exploring how rules support the fundamental values of democracy: freedom, equality, equity, the common good, liberty, and justice.
creating a list of rules to support a just classroom.
evaluating classroom rules for their ability to promote freedom and equality, and that all students feel valued and respected.
Unit 2 Geography
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Unit 3 - Economics
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Unit 4 - History
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