The Power of Your Voice!
How do citizens protect their natural rights?
In this lesson, students will investigate the meaning of natural rights, their place in the Declaration of Independence, and the role of citizens in protecting these rights. Students will engage in small-group deliberation, utilize a myriad of resources, and ultimately engage in a student voice project. By the end of the lesson students will have seen several examples of fellow students engaging in active citizenship, and how they might exercise their own voice.
Objectives:
- Evaluate the principle of natural rights and how they have been defined in historic documents
- Evaluate the meaning of natural rights, and how a government can be used to protect such rights
- Consider the responsibility of a nation’s citizenry to engage in the protection of natural rights
- Evaluate examples of active citizenship in students of a similar age
Assessment:
- Station discussions and reflection
- Primary and secondary source analysis
- Final product (student choice)
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