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MyImpact Challenge

Essential Question

How can students practice the skills of citizenship now? By working through this curriculum that fosters a robust understanding of citizenship and gets them active in their communities as young people!

Grade
7–12
Published
Dec 14, 2021
BRI's MyImpact Challenge curriculum aids teachers in helping students navigate their civic engagement project

MyImpact Challenge gives students a robust understanding of the role of the citizen in civil society by exploring the pillars of citizenship: entrepreneurship, charity, and government. It is developed with multiple implementations in mind, including classrooms, afterschool programs, and social clubs. With original background essays, guided resources, and rubrics, students will write a research report on the impacts of these different efforts, then develop and implement a project that exemplifies everyday citizenship.

Return to MyImpact Challenge contest page.

Founding Principles

Civic Virtue

Curriculum resources

Person standing in front of a wall with various business and planning icons illustrated.
LessonMyImpact Challenge: Identifying Your Problem

Start students thinking! Explore the purpose of the project and get them started on their own project by identifying a challenge in their community they wish to address.

Hands holding cutout figures representing diverse people against a city skyline background.
LessonMyImpact Challenge: Defining Citizenship

Give students tools to explore citizenship and civic virtues as they prepare for the next portion of their project.

Close-up of the Treasury Department building's ancient Greek-style columns and pediment.
LessonMyImpact Challenge: Government & Community

Help students describe the responsibilities and limits of federal and local government and explore the role government organizations might play in solving their project challenge.

A person's hand passes a bowl of food to another hand over a large pot.
LessonMyImpact Challenge: Charity & Community

Examine how Americans have participated in charitable associations in the past before exploring possible connections between their own project ideas and current charitable organizations. Use this peer review activity to help students reflect on and refine their project plan.

A woman in a white shirt thoughtfully poses in front of a colorful brainstorming wall with business sketches and ideas.
LessonMyImpact Challenge: Entrepreneurship & Community

Examine the impact of entrepreneurship on civil society. Help students weigh the pros and cons of the different solution options (government, charity, or entrepreneurship) and select the option that best suits their project challenge.

A group of individuals walking on a path, collecting trash during a community cleanup event.
LessonMyImpact Challenge: Finalizing Your Project

Help students refine their project plan using design thinking based questions as they prepare to put their plan into action.

Logo of MyImpact Challenge with text about designing a community project and links for more information.
VideoBuilding Your MyImpact Project: Designing a Community Project

In part one of this three part series on building your MyImpact Challenge Project, learn some helpful tips for identifying a problem and designing your community project. Learn more about MyImpact Challenge here: https://billofrightsinstitute.org/my-impact-challenge

Logo and text promoting the MyImpact Challenge: Building Your Mylimpact Project Principles Essay.
VideoBuilding Your MyImpact Project: Principles Essay

In part two of this three part series on building your MyImpact Challenge Project, learn some helpful tips for formulating and executing the required Principles Essay. Learn more about MyImpact Challenge here: https://billofrightsinstitute.org/my-impact-challenge

Logo for MyImpact Challenge with text about a principles essay for a civic contest, featuring the Bill of Rights Institute.
VideoBuilding Your MyImpact Project: Project Report

In part three of this three part series on building your MyImpact Challenge Project, learn some helpful tips for preparing the required final Project Report. Learn more about MyImpact Challenge here: https://billofrightsinstitute.org/my-impact-challenge

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