Topics
Day 1 - Political Concepts
Day 2 - Documents
Day 3 - Political Issues
Day 4 - Civic Participation
Day 5 - Unit Review

Civil Rights Timeline
MLK Jr. Timeline

Assignments
Classwork D (snake reading)

Activity
Political Concepts Review
Day 1-2 Review Slides
Research Civil Rights Actions
  • Greensboro 4, Little Rock 9, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Brown v. Board of Education
Write it down! - Why do we create?
68 Olympics Photo Analysis

Study
Flash Cards
Concepts Review (day 1)
Unit Review
Flocabulary (civics)
Schoolhouse Rocks

Inherit the Wind

Assessments
  • Quiz Friday 2/21
  • Quiz Fri 2/28


Civics & Gov't Videos
Big Idea Questions:
  • Why are Government Principles (limited government, popular sovereignty, separations of powers, republicanism, federalism, and individual rights) important for citizens?
  • How are the US government principles implemented?
  • Should the national or state governments have more power?
  • What is the job of the government?
  • Does civic action effectively bring change?
  • Why is society unequal?

Small Idea Questions:
  • What are the principles of the US Government?
  • What are the similarities and differences between state and national government?
  • What documents shaped NC/US and what did they state?
  • What are the different types of civic action?
  • What do liberals and conservatives believe?
  • What groups of people struggled to gain democratic rights and how did they gain access to these freedoms?
  • What issues have citizens fought to change?
  • What civil rights and human rights movements have occurred in NC/US and how was NC/US impacted?

8th Grade Civics and Government NC Standards
Study
Civics and Government - Unit Review Game