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Lesson

Capstone Project A: Community Project

Duration
50 min
Published
Nov 5, 2020
Group of five diverse individuals in a kitchen, smiling and wearing aprons.
Encourage students to apply the lessons of the suffrage movement to address an an important issue in their lives. This project guides students through a brainstorming, design, and implementation process for achieving change in their own communities. Students will produce a portfolio to document their implementation of their plan.

Founding Principles

Civic Virtue, Equality, Individual Responsibility, Liberty, Private Virtue, Representative / Republican Government, Consent of the Governed

Materials

  • Handout A: Carrie Chapman Catt Speech Excerpt
  • Handout B: Solution Statements
  • Handout C: Project Pathway
  • Handout D: Gathering the Knowledge
  • Handout E: Identifying the Stakeholders
  • Handout F: Interviewing the Experts
  • Handout G: Planning the Work
  • Handout H: Doing and Documenting the Work
  • Handout I: Reflecting and Evaluating the Work
  • Appendix G: A Pathway for Change

Lesson Components

ActivityPrimary Source: Carrie Chapman Catt Speech Excerpt
ActivityHandout B: Solution Statements
ActivityHandout C: Project Pathway
ActivityHandout D: Gathering the Knowledge
ActivityIdentifying the Stakeholders
ActivityInterviewing the Experts
ActivityPlanning the Work
ActivityDoing and Documenting the Work
ActivityHandout I: Reflecting and Evaluating the Work
ActivityEvaluation Checklist: Community Project Portfolio
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Lesson plan

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Standards

Advanced Placement

  • C3

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