CP+Ford,+Brody

=Unit Cover Page=


 * Unit Title:** U.S. Government **Grade Level(s):** 6-8
 * Subject/Topic Area(s):** Civics/Government
 * Key Words:** Electoral college, Socialism, forms of economies, legislative process
 * Designed by:** Brody Ford **Time Frame:** 16 (80)
 * School District:** RSU SAD 9 **School:** Mt. Blue High School


 * =Brief Summary of Unit= ||
 * In this unit, students will understand that there are different purposes of constitutional government at the state and federal level, that there are other forms of government in the world, and that there are certain roles that citizens have in their community, state, country, and world. The 16 day unit will be comprised of six lessons with a summative assessment to wrap it all up. In the first lesson, students will explain the different purposes of state and federal government by using a Persuasion Map to prepare for a debate in the form of a podcast. This podcast will be the end of the unit summative assessment as it will touch upon forms of government as well as civic roles (ie. jury duty). In the second lesson, students will prepare for a Voicethread critique on the power of state and local government by approaching the issue from a historical perspective. This historical perspective includes students being assigned Supreme Court cases to briefly research to understand how the Constitution relates to policy issues. In the third lesson, students understand other forms of government in the world by first researching, then simulating a U.N. game where countries have competing interests. In the fourth lesson, students will be able to consider why regimes in other countries came to power by sifting through opinions of government leaders and country citizens to find accurate facts. In the fifth lesson, students will reflect on the roles they've had in their community in adolescence and consider what their citizen roles will be when they are adults. In the final lesson, students will go out into the community to do hands-on exploration of citizen roles. They will then model these roles by simulating them in a classroom community. ||