Lesson
Unit 8 Civics Connection: Civil Discourse and Contentious Issues
A review lesson from Unit 8 (1980-Present Day) to discuss current events and how they connect to Founding principles.
Objectives:
- Review the application of constitutional principles and civic virtues by applying them to the context of modern controversies
- Practice the development of civil discourse by practicing listening to multiple sides of an argument
Materials
Lesson plan
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Standards
Advanced Placement
- Topic 9.6 · Challenges of the 21st Century
- Theme · America in the World
- Learning Objective · Unit 9F
- Historical Development · 9.3.II.A
- Reasoning Skill · Developments and Processes
- Reasoning Skill · Sourcing and Situation
- Reasoning Skill · Source Claims and Evidence
- Reasoning Skill · Contextualization
- Reasoning Skill · Making Connections
- Reasoning Skill · Argumentation
- Reasoning Process · Comparison
- Reasoning Process · Causation
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