Richmond Public Schools
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum Pacing and Resource Guide ~ Unit Plan
Course Title/ Course #: Civics and Economics
Unit Title/ Marking Period # (MP): Public Policy, MP1
Start day: 31
Meetings (Length of Unit): 5
Desired Results ~ What will students be learning?
Standards of Learning/ Standards
CE.9 The student will demonstrate knowledge of how public policy is made at the local, state, and national levels of government by
a) examining the impact of the media on public opinion and public policy;
b) describing how individuals and interest groups influence public policy;
c) describing the impact of international issues and events on local decision making.
Essential Understandings/ Big Ideas
Students will be able to answer the following questions:
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What influence do the media have on public policy and policymakers?
How do individuals and interest groups influence policymakers?
Which international issues and events would require local government officials to act?
Key Essential Skills and Knowledge
Essential Knowledge:
Ways the media play an important role in setting the public agenda
Focusing public attention on selected issues
Offering a forum in which opposing viewpoints are communicated
Holding government officials accountable to the public
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Government officials use the media to communicate with the public.
Terms to know
lobbying: Seeking to influence legislators to introduce or vote for or against a bill
Ways individuals influence public policy
Participating in politics (voting, campaigning, seeking office)
Expressing opinions (lobbying, demonstrating, writing letters)
Joining interest groups
Ways interest groups influence public policy
Identifying issues
Making political contributions
Lobbying government officials
International issues and events that would require policy decisions by local government officials could include the following:
Public health concerns in the event of a pandemic
Public safety in the event of an act of terrorism
Economic development policies in response to the emerging global economy
Policies to protect the environment (e.g., wildlife protection)
Essential Skills:
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Examine and interpret primary and secondary source documents. (CE.1a)
Analyze political cartoons, political advertisements, pictures, and other graphic media. (CE.1c)
Review information for accuracy, separating fact from opinion. (CE.1e)
Identify a problem, weigh the expected costs and benefits and possible consequences of proposed solutions, and recommend
solutions, using a decision-making model. (CE.1f)
Vocabulary
Academic
Accountable
Opposing
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Content
Viewpoints
International
Oppose
Media
Contribution
Political
Economy
Global
Pandemic
Lobbying
Campaign
International
Policymakers
Vote
Legislator
Terrorism
Propaganda
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Assessment Evidence ~ What is evidence of mastery? What did the students master & what are they missing?
Assessment/ Evidence
Exit Slips
Foldables
Quizzes
Interactive Achievement
One Minute Essay
Oral Questioning
3-2-1
. Cubing
. Writing Frames
KWLH
Learning Plan ~ What are the strategies and activities you plan to use?
Learning Experiences/ Best Practices
Learning Experiences
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Instructional Strategies
Using close reading strategy, students in cooperative groups
will use interactive notes to organize information and ideas.
Each person in the group will be assigned a role of reader,
presenter, recorder, or quiet captain.
Students will analyze political cartoons
Analyze campaign materials.
Students will complete activity in interactive notebooks in
which they create a propaganda cartoon.
Review public policy vocabulary by creating and using flash
cards with the key terms written on one side and the name of
the appropriate document on the back.
Pros and cons of campaign finance.
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Close reading strategy
Setting the objective
Nonlinguistic representation
Advanced organizes
Cooperative learning
Explicit teaching
Compare and Contrast
Debates
Simulations
Summarizing and Note Taking
Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
Have students create a Bumper Sticker design a bumper
sticker with a catchy slogan for each of the content
vocabulary.
Have students complete a gallery walk on identifying
different types of international and local issues.
Technology Integrations
TED: How to choose your news - Damon Brown
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-choose-your-news-damon-brown
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TED: The key to media's hidden codes - Ben Beaton
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-key-to-media-s-hidden-codes
Smart Exchange
http://exchange.smarttech.com/curriculum/curriculumlist.html?curriculum=enuscurr150&grade=enuscurr150gr009&subject=enuscurr150gr009su009
Kahoot.it
https://kahoot.it/#/
Socrative
http://www.socrative.com/
Eixtticket
https://exittix.com/frontend/login/
Achieve 300
http://www.achieve3000.com/
Resources
Textbook/Materials:
Fasttrack Civics by David Burns
Textbook, Civics Today: Citizenship, Economics, and You
We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution
What I Need to Know to Pass Civics and Economics By Bobbi Cutlip
Web Resources:
Lesson Plan The Public Sphere
http://icivics.statestandards.com/redirect.pl?aid=1445790&sid=1893250
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Lesson Plan Interest Groups
http://icivics.statestandards.com/redirect.pl?aid=1445793&sid=1893251
Democracy Corps Lesson Plan 15: Influence Public Policy
http://youthleadership.net/central/lesson_plans/552?_yli_session=d603b8b3e68269344da707232abf3ee1
Bias in the Media
http://youthleadership.net/central/lesson_plans/476?_yli_session=d603b8b3e68269344da707232abf3ee1
Political Cartoon Analysis
http://youthleadership.net/central/lesson_plans/410?_yli_session=d603b8b3e68269344da707232abf3ee1
Quizlet
https://quizlet.com/20438348/mr-byvik-ce9-public-policy-flash-cards/
Fasttrack Civics: Review questions
http://www.fasttrackteaching.com/civics/review/CE9_review_questions.html
Livebinders Civics PPT Lessons
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/512226
Interactive Notebook
http://rpshistory.weebly.com/interactive-notebooks.html
High Yield Activities
http://rpshistory.weebly.com/high-yield-activities.html
DBQs
http://rpshistory.weebly.com/dbqs.html
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Analysis Tools
http://rpshistory.weebly.com/analysis-tools.html
Foldables
Exit Tickets
Curriculum Cornerhttp://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/thecurriculumcorner456/exit-tickets/
Exit/Entry Slipshttp://service.columbia.k12.mo.us/lhagen/files/2013/07/Exit-Entrance-Slip-explanation-examples.pdf
Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/exit_slips
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/exit_slips
Interactive Achievement
https://ontrac.interactiveachievement.net/Account/Login?redirectUrl=https://ontrac.interactiveachievement.net/
CRISS Strategies
https://surry.haikulearning.com/hauserc/misshausersclass/cms_page/view/1375393
Graphic Organizers
General
https://sites.google.com/site/jorgensen8thgradesocialstudies/graphic-organizers
Social Studies
https://michelleleba.wikispaces.com/file/view/Social+Studies+Graphic+Organizers.pdf
Advanced Organizers
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/support-tools/organizers/social/k12-social.pdf
Content-Area Graphic Organizers Social Studies
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https://walch.com/samplepages/050078.pdf
EduPlace
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Review Questions
http://mrbyvik.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/8/7/11874748/sol_review_ce_2-5_and_9.docx
Virginia Department of Education
Blueprint
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/blueprints/history_socialscience_blueprints/2008/blueprints_civics_economics.pdf
2014 Released Test Items
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/released_tests/2013/civics_econ_item_set_released_in_spring_2014.pdf
2013 Released Test
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/released_tests/2012/history/test12_civics_econ.pdf
2011 Released test Items
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/released_tests/2011/history_sample/civics_economics_history.pdf
Cross Curricular Connection
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Cross-curricular lesson with the language arts department on newspaper integration.
Cross-curricular lesson with the math department analyzing campaign spending over time.
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