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Here are the teacher pack items for The Government and the Individual Citizen:
Overview In this experience, students watch a video of a protest march and share their immediate responses. Then, they learn about four methods of participatory democracy and brainstorm ways to use them around a specific contemporary issue. Next, they analyze the issue of entitlement programs. Finally, they examine the issue of government seizure of private property. Students will work in small groups in scene 2 to brainstorm methods of citizen participation in contemporary public issues. Each group will cover one of five topics, so ensure that there are at least five groups. Objectives
Democracy thrives when individuals are active participants. Citizen participation in the democratic process reflects our national ethos (our set of beliefs), expresses patriotism, and builds civic responsibility. It helps us establish a “more perfect union.” In this experience, you’ll see a number of ways individuals make their views heard in American democracy today.
Objectives
What was your first reaction to the videos? Write words or brief phrases that describe your reaction. To write more than one, separate them by a comma, like this: tall, short.
Ask for volunteers to share their reactions. Point out that some people instinctively like protest marches and others are instinctively repelled by them.
How do you think protest marches are related to the democratic process?
Divide students into their small groups for the next scene.
Assign each group one of the following issues:
