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Civics Education Concept Lesson Civics Education Concepts Lesson SUMMARY In this curriculum, civics education concepts provide your students with the ability to interact with and use a civic vocabulary. They will aid in building and reinforcing your students’ civic knowledge. PROCEDURE We would recommend that you review five terms a day until your students master the content. Present the term to them, define the term or identify the person and ask the students if they have any knowledge to add. As the students begin to demonstrate competency, you may proceed by providing either the term or the definition and have the students provide the other. MATERIALS & RESOURCES Resources • Civics Education Concepts STANDARDS & ASSESSMENT Next Generation Content Standards and Objectives for Social Studies in West Virginia SS.12.C.1 Students will become vigilant, informed citizens who actively participate in the preservation and improvement of American government through community service and service-learning (examples include individual service projects, patriotic events, mock trials, group initiatives, community volunteerism). SS.12.C.18 Students will develop an understanding of the American legal system through examining existing ordinances, statutes, and Federal Acts, exploring the differences between criminal and civil law, and determining legal obligations and liabilities of American citizenship. Civics Education Concepts Lesson continued SS.12.C.22 Students will assess how factors such as campaign finance, participation of the electorate, and demographic factors influence the outcome of elections. National Council for the Social Studies National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: A Framework for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Theme 5: Individuals, Groups, & Institutions: Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions. Theme 6: Power, Authority, & Governance: Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people create and change structures of power, authority, and governance. Theme 10: Civic Ideals and Practices: Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ideals, principles, and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic. Assessment The assessment for this lesson should be mastery based.Each student should be assessed until they are able to accurately identify every term. This process could take most of the year. We encourage you to review five terms a day most days of the week. ...

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