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Civics Lessons for Student Engagement

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Lesson: The Declaration of Independence

Why didn’t the Declaration of Independence extend rights to enslaved people?
What kind of freedom did enslaved people seek?

Lesson: Slavery and the Constitution

Whose interests did the U.S. Constitution reflect?

Lesson: Ideals in U.S. Founding Documents (online)

Why is it important for high school students to learn about the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution?

Lesson: Black National Conventions, Abolition, and the Constitution

What is the basic principle of American democracy?
What is the importance of the abolition movement?
Why did abolitionists face a violent white backlash?

Lesson: Congress Debates the Thirteenth Amendment

What was the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution?
What were the limitations of the Thirteenth Amendment?

Lesson: The Constitution and the War on Terror

What is the War on Terror?
What is the Authorization for the Use of Military Force?

Lesson: Separate, but Equal? Measuring Plessy v. Ferguson in Mississippi

What was life like for Black people in the South under Jim Crow?

Lesson: Oral Histories: Students in the Civil Rights Movement

What kind of hostility did you encounter in Mississippi?
How and why did you first become involved in the civil rights movement?
What was the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project?
How and why did you first get involved in the civil rights movement?
What was your daily work like in small communities in the South?
How and why did you first become involved in the civil rights movement?
What was the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964?

Lesson: Taking Action on Climate Change

What can young people do to take action on climate change?
How has Latin America responded to climate change?
How are nongovernmental organizations responding to climate change?
How is Bangladesh responding to climate change?
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